Drumbeats
~© Lozan Yamolky
At the Pow-wow the dominant instrument of drum,
pulled me; demanded that I listen.
The rhythms of the drumbeat
evoked stable forms of energy in me I did not know existed;
my heart beat harmoniously with it.
It gave a voice to my silent soul;
it made it awaken,
dance,
and soar in the pure blue skies above.
The sacred and spiritual sounds of the drumbeats
are the sound of the heartbeat
of Mother Earth I am told.
It is a reminder of the throbbing umbilical cord music
that once was our lifeline in the womb.
The throbbing beat was all the music we heard
until we were separated from the mother.
It is a heartbeat that cannot be stopped
because it is eternal,
and it is a symbol of our living,
breathing,
feeling,
aching mother planet.
If we need help remembering where we belong;
if we need help to focus on our path;
if we want to see with clear intentions,
we need to
listen..
to..
the..
beat..
of..
the..
drum. 
~© Lozan Yamolky
Book: I’m No Hero (reprint 2018)
Published by Silver Bow in 2017
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First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge that I humbly live on the traditional, unceded territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) & xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. Thank you for allowing me to live on your land —Vancouver, BC Canada.
I am a Canadian citizen who migrated from Kurdistan —Present day Northern Iraq, in 1995 after spending over a year as an asylum seeker in Turkey.
I was born and raised in Baghdad in 1972, I am the fifth of eleven children; three boys and seven girls –one brother passed away in infancy.
I am the author of ( I’m No Hero) and ( Counting Waves ) published by: Silver Bow Publishing. I am dedicating my third book of poems ( Dreamers Needed ) to my teenage boys, Trey, 15 and Wyatt, 13.
I started reciting my poems for the first time in 2013 at The Holy Wow Poets Canada in Maple Ridge. I am currently a member of the Canadian Authors Association, Federation of BC Writers, The Royal City Literary Art Society and the Holy Wow Poets Canada. I am presently the secretary of the Royal City Literary Arts Society. I work as a freelance interpreter.
I was commissioned in fall of 2017 to write a poem about the refugee experience to DaCapo Chamber Choir in Toronto. The event will feature my poem “I am here” in spring 2019.
I was one of the recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Poet Award from WIN– Writers International Network Canada and was 3rd place winner at the 2018 Tagore Festival Peace Poems contest. Since first sharing my poetry in 2013, I have featured in numerous poetry events throughout the Greater Vancouver area.
My work has been published in The Royal City Poets Anthologies (Silver Bow Publishing), The Royal City Literary Arts Society online magazine eZine, Wordplay at Work, Creative Quills Ink Verse (North Vancouver), Celebrate Canada 150 and Culture Days From Far and Wide (Multicultural Creative Writing Collection 2017) and the 2018 Holy Wow Poets Anthology (Maple Ridge).
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