Acrostic AUSTERITY Assuaging your desires at the expense of Ubiquitous has become the norm, when Stressing the need for discipline, restraint, Temperateness, are all thrown out as they Engulfs you in disdain of those whose lack of Restraint will unfortunately lead to Infinite complications in life that would Testify that a bit of abstinence would Yield a life fuller, complete with family, unity, humanity.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab A bold and thought-provoking piece that highlights courage and empathy, portraying shared humanity through acts of sacrifice and unwavering solidarity. ✨ By, Nazmieh W. E. Insaniyat
Spiritual Union’s Courage
Greta Thunberg and many others Have navigated treacherous waters Taking the Freedom Flotilla II, to Alleviate hunger at the hand of genocides crew
Whose sole purpose is eradicating Natives to steal their lands hoping That their resistance would be short-lived, Yet, it has lasted 26 months unchecked.
For Great, Rima Hassan their futile Attempt landed them in the same file As those to be saved, prison, torture Like no other. That didn’t deter their flight To sweep to the rescue people they don’t
Know, but empathize with their plight, Knowing the fight is a historic statement Of courage, spiritual union, and strength To dive into danger for others’ breath.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
To pose or not to pose? That’s the question on this day of non-repose. She stands, elegant, regal, Smiling into his chocolaty eyes, fall, Falling into his soothing pool of love.
The depth of emotions that hiss And run deeper than any abyss, This moment in time will never come Back again, for its novelty’ll dim But never die in the pyre of time,
It’ll grow and flow into their Joint lives of adoration as their Tears of joy and sadness blend Into sysmic waves that thrashed Many a couple, but Not them!
Time will try to siphon their Joint time into darkness, but their care Will stomp on time’s vain Attempt to suck out the rain Turning it into a melodic refrain.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Wow, Malak, congratulations on such a powerful, historical poem! The state oppressing the people is an ages old story, but you make it come completely and authentically alive. Your images are quite extraordinary, beautiful in their precision and force. Gut-wrenching and heart breaking, this amazing poem speaks to the pain of cruel injustice. I believe this is an extremely important poem and should be widely read wherever apartheid held or is holding sway, wherever its effects are still felt. Bravo!!! 👏👏👏 by: Linda Powers O’Dell
War’s ABCs
Arms, armor, tanks, drones, Bombs explode in streets where Children, women, elderly Dive for protection from shrapnel Entering organs, amputating limbs, Fearing the fiery hell they hide in homes Gravely hazardous for their foundation Has been shaken by continuously Imploding heat, vibrations from bombs Jumping into their perimeter to Keep natives from procreating and Living lives in harmony that traverses Many generations, cut by decimation of Numerous family trees buried under ruins Omnifarious combining rubble, dead bodies, Petrification of survivors, amputees, whose Quandary lies in how to survive the guilt Restricting each breath they take while Seeming to live, while knowing the Truth about the transience of life Under occupation, Apartheid, Vainly holding onto their tattered, Wasteland of a broken open air prison.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Winners of wars determine the history Propagated to newer generations In a bid to sway sympathy Away from the destructions
That took place, as though hiding Them would erase the truths Of desolation, Rubble, exploding Buildings and bodies whose loss of breaths
Determine the storyline of the victor Rather than about justice, rights, Humanity, compassion to war prisoner Whose degradation was placed in highlights
Of social media to consume like Breakfast, while they resume their Lives as passive observers who place a pike In the hearts of survivor.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Poets in love, Love, feelings flame Flame your passion, Passion burns like lava, Lava that torches hearts, Hearts whose drumming beat, Beat the ordinary into a pulp, Pulp of fear decimates as raw, Raw emotions that never cave, Cave under constant pressure, Pressure of despair, difficulties, Difficulties that strain your love, Love that overcomes ill-fortutunes, Fortunes that give moral support, Support of family, imagination, Imagination soars with life, Life, stupendous in activity, Activity of fleeting moments, Moments eternally, in poetry alive , Alive with cheer in a memory, Memory bank that gives flight.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Excellent acrostic poem, Malak, replete with the most heartbreaking images! The violence, the grief, the blood and death are all so vividly portrayed. Your tone is courageously sincere, and your descriptions are balanced and authentic. Those poor orphans whose trauma is endless! Poetically this is a most poignant ending. Superb poem, thank you so much for sharing it. By Linda Powers O’Dell
TUMUTUOUS
T urbulent times are terrifying as U ncertainty settles in the bones in a M ishmash of tumutuous feelings where the U nreality of the horrific events of amputees, L ost heads, empty chest cavities, blood T rickling, soaking the rubble, ground, family U nrestrained in their grief of inhumane loss O utnumber those left of the family tree, now most are U nder the rubble of six feet under. Who’s left to S upervise the orphans whose trauma’s endless.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Real success comes in knowing, Knowing that failure is part of the ladder, Ladder that leads to achieving, Achieving goals as you adjust, Adjust strategy, methods, motivation, Motivation to perpetrate your inner vision, Vision of implementing ethics, values, Values that support your strength, Strength to overcome obstacles that depress, Depress but never give up the fight, Fight for your aims, whether spiritual, Spiritual, social, or career. Fight, Fight for success that needs to be roused, Roused with imagination, motivation, Motivation that requires initiative, Initiative and belief in self-worth.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Wars have always been about expansion, Glorifying the ‘self’, stealing resources, Empowering through the subjugation Of the ‘other’ by binary opposition that courses Through blood, and ‘elevates’ their superiority to deity.
From the Silk Road, to the Spice Road, To the Swez Canal, White Sea, Ben Gurion, All show the need for exclusivity for the broad Perception of ‘Civilizing’. What a crock gone Down the clock into eternal sleep. Happy.
For each critical endeavor, conquest, Women rally the people, organize, Fight, rebel, strive to keep morale, at best, Alive within the hearts of people to strategize Survival and the compulsion to resist oppression.
As the flowers bloom, so does the woman’s Need to resist being lumped in a category That she knows she doesn’t belongs To, but rather asserts her judicial equality In a society that’s still a patriarchy.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Poetry for Change 