Oh, October, your harvest prospers With each passing day, leaves flame Into red, gold, green, as they came Bringing the season of thanks to preen like corn poppers.
Šī¸ Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
The link to the poem that was a bricolage of poets writing about the importance of October. My part is above. I hope you enjoy this rendition of our poetic abilities.
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 How delightful, a glorious description of the joys of fall! The crunching leaves, the brilliant colors, Halloween, the excitement of the cooler season. Excellent rhymes and rhythm, onomatopoeia, and vibrant images. đ Malak, I hope you’ve already joined our new group, Invisible Poets Core. It is for serious poets who are dedicated to poetry and you are certainly such a poet. đ¤đ By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the kind encouraging words that elevate my writing.
#musette Fall Play
Fall’s here Let the leaves Crunch hall
All kids To play scary Booooo! Ooooohhhhhs
Colors Bright as the sun Mix’n plays
Pumping Adrenaline All day’n. Šī¸Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
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 Such a powerful, thoughtful provoking poem, Malak! Our best values too often take a back seat, are put on a back burner, while fear and anger rule. Congratulations on a profound poem! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Rage, Rage âĻ
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”š Pray that it helps you stave off the blight.
What courage you lacked in life, use to survive The rending of your soul into an abyss that’s alive With darkness, depression, hurt, pain, and ruin.
Strugle against succumbing into oppression Of a world that dictates perfection when its application Of destruction is an overwhelming aberration of nature.
Humanity’s need to have compassion in its revision Of the betterment of itself and its eternal vision Of empathy, equality, love, success, and understanding.
They seem to be relegated to a back burner While the propagation of fear of many a hater Abound in a world where the unknown is its only reason for existing.
Media and social media disseminate and foster The requirements to strike at terror and its founder, But, ironically, terror sells and peace dies!
What about you? The reader and audience, What’s your stance on struggling? Give up or take a forcefull stance?
Šī¸ Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸ š Dylan Thomas
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 This is a thrilling, ethical poem, Malak, a powerful protest against genocide, inequality, and domination. Your righteous anger is brilliant. We need poems like this in the world, or rather, the world needs a kick in the arse like this poem. You’ve created a fantastic form that swells and diminishes; it’s perfect for describing how “a rebellious rage” against injustice and subjugation builds and builds and then acts to restore peace. Your line syllable count, 1,1,2,3,5,8,16,18, 8, 5, 3, 2, 2, 1,1, is dramatic and visually appealing. Brava! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the encouraging words.
One, Two
And One Two, three, World is free Of war not peace that Rebels against genocide feel Perpetuate the need for equality, justice By confronting demeaning attitudes with powerful words that Instill a rebellious rage for subjugation’s sign’s Unacceptable domination Needs a kick in the Arse to free Press while Peaceful For Thee Šī¸ Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
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.
I am humbled and Supremely honored to be published in last month’s issue of Stencils Magazine that has an eclectic variety of writers, poets from the international community. It helps us increase our reach through the platform they’ve provided for us. Thank you. Below is the link to access the magazine.
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.
Thank you for the honor and your hard work. A tribute to a multitalented woman.
Josephine Gomez
A Tsunami like no other has swept Civilization’s imprint on land in waves that crept At impossible heights, pounding Into cities, ravaging
All within its reach, a name, Gomez, Josephine stands like a flame For truth, honesty, equality never Letting criticism stall her voice fly forever
Into the minds of those whose Open minds let it seep in, smolder as trends.
Šī¸Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
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.
Wrong words wobble On the train of peace, that hobbles Reaching its destination Later than usual, for the Devastation that needed to be overcome
Peppered the land in rubble Emptying the souls of victims of Armored hope that flies on Compromised wings that still Enter the sky’s vastness instilling
Dangerous hope for peace Arriving on its hobbled legs Yet still drowning away dessent.
Šī¸ Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
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.
Fiery fire of rebellion run free Refuse to be bound by rules Eternally oppressing those they want Elevated to reign above those who abhor the ‘Divide and Conquer’ rule, for it keeps the Obsession for power guarded by those Meticulous in appearing subjugated, but rebel in the shadows of hell. Šī¸ Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
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 This is a superb and thought provoking poem, Malak, every fairy tale is a battle between good and evil. We often focus on the heroes and heroines, but as your poem wonderfully points out, there are villains to be considered: villagers who attack the Beast’s castle, an evil queen who Snow conquers with the help of her peers, the dwarfs. With Peter Pan you broaden your perspective; there are pirates who would force us to give in to fear, to grow up as we abandon flights of imagination. Your last stanza fantastically imagines a tale inspiring us with an appreciation of beauty. This is a fabulous idea!! I so hope you will write one. You’ve set my imagination ablaze trying to think what a tale like this might be. Congratulations on your structure here, your images and rhymes! Excellent poem!! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
I’m honored and humbled by your inspiring words. Thank you
Why Am I a Fairytale?
Who’s the villain in my fairytale? How do I identify the many who prey On the defenseless victims as play? A game of power that’ll flay?
If I were Belle, then the villagers Are villains who are traipse, conquerers Who impose their opinions, dominators Against the struggle to be unique, not subjugators.
If I were Snow White, peers would Be the plight I fight against that could Win against the rulers, powers that should Protect not project dissention and division.
If I were Peter Pan, then all those Who demand the destruction of imagination’s prose Are villains who superimpose The need for lambs not lions.
If I were a new fairytale My character would draw a tale Of impossible appreciation of beauty that never fail To send my senses into a new veil.
Šī¸ Malak kalmoni chehab Šī¸
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.
