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.
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.
Thank you for participating in this 700-year-old tradition of collaborative chain poetry. Some of the lines were posted as Comments rather than Replies, so I have taken the liberty of organizing the lines in a way that seems coherent. The words are still all yours. Many thanks to Tom Cleary for so generously providing our first line.
TRAPPED UNDER THE CAR OF LIFE
Trapped under the car of life While wheels churn through rough terrain, Shifting gears like electric clouds clash Dodging boulders, as fearful of impending crash, The mark of wheels get washed by rain.
Hiding from life’s trouble and strife Cheek turned from screeching tyre A child cowering from the rain under an old oak tree Afraid of wetting his world with nature’s tears Seeking the road that finds us all.
Dodging reckless drivers yet putting trust in a higher power Sleeping policeman speed bump gonna smash my brain Dash, smash, crash into the wheels of life that are crass! Knife under seat to cut my belt, jaws of life is coming to help It now seems time is finite or so I fear.
Perhaps we pass while still unknown Like ships that drift alone All that is will perish with or without fear All of us travel together to reach the final destination.
Shangri-La where the air is pure And the rain is still wet, yet, Its rainbows are the cure Finding the love beyond all recalling.
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. 🍁 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. 🤗💗 By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the kind encouraging words that elevate my writing.
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 …
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”¹ 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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
