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Zakir Malik
Mar 21, 20211 min read
BE FOOLISHLY WITH ME By Qasim Kashmiri (Poet, Novelist)
Be foolishly with me Once you know me, Depart, Gather the blood shrouds Take me home, And depart Adorn my ugly face With eighty veils,...
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ilamagazine1
Dec 62 min read
"THE WHITE SWAN"
THE WHITE SWAN AND UNDINE: O the white swan! Where are you? In west, I will send undine to Tell you about my passion for you, Hark! You...
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ilamagazine1
Dec 61 min read
December 2024 Editor's Choice
"MOSTLY UNNEEDED" Soil: To be far away from abstraction - A concrete roof been made, At time of eternity's invitation - To have a...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 291 min read
EKPHRASTIC ECHOES
POETRY RESPONDS TO ART - A PAIRED COLLABORATION TRANSPARENT SPEAKERS I prefer the dark night, the frigid cold air. I feel apparitions...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 231 min read
Poetry of JoyAnne O'Donnell
WINTER VEIL The snow unfolds whispers of white snowflake down on the mountains leaving soft white papers of poems written with soil...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 221 min read
AN EDITOR'S REVIEW
"Journey Incantation" May this path lead and I explore Each destination Is just a beginning of my journey Fear and excitement Are just a...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 222 min read
A TRIPLE DOSE OF POETRY
Featuring the work of Dan Flore III "A SCRATCH OFF LOTTERY TICKET" once plump with possibilities now with a ton of other losers all...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 223 min read
Conveyance of Color
"Beneath Autumn's Grain" I walk the fields where autumn's rusted sprawl Lays down in layers, thick as hearth-warmed clay, And footpaths...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 224 min read
ELEMENTS
Elements of earth, water, fire, wind/air and spirit (inner/outer energy, mindfulness) was the inspiration of the recent poetry challenge...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 221 min read
JOURNEY INCANTATION
May this path lead and I explore Each destination Is just a beginning of my journey Fear and excitement Are just a part of my life That...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 213 min read
PRISM OF PERSPECTIVES
"ABOUT" A kismet about life A nexus of stories Which are dinkum which a crapehanger won't trust at all because the perspective is dark...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 217 min read
THE JOURNEY OF WORDS
"RESTLESS SOUL" Resonance of the spirit within Beyond bourne destiny profound Inner wain of soul such adage Resound ascertain in abeyance...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 211 min read
"Editor's Choice" November 2024
"A PERFECT PAIR" Coffee and a book is the best comfort zone of traveling far and wide with the letters and words. It's like a feeling of...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 212 min read
"BALLAD" FEATURE
"Ballad of Broken Souls" Hear the call of duty, strong and proud, Joining armies, nations' voices loud, Trumpets of war resound,...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 143 min read
EDITOR'S CHOICE - FEATURE
Special November 2024 "EDITOR'S CHOICE" Feature: POEMS OF PRAMOD GANGADHARAN BETWEEN REMEDY AND THE RIDDLE When they already knew, Hushed...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 131 min read
NOVEMBER 2024 "EDITOR'S CHOICE"
"ALL GOLDEN" I Golden barren trees End up the air like statues Autumn's stunning bliss II Golden tint leaves fall Aimlessly scattered all...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 112 min read
November 2024 "Editor's Choice"
"LEGEND OF FOSSE WAY" Riding hard under a moonlight high not a leaf rustles and it troubles my mind In the distance I hear music of the...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 111 min read
October Editor's Choice
"I TOLD THE MOON ABOUT YOU" I told the moon about you How you've broken my heart in two Confided how I'm feeling blue Grieving a love I...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 77 min read
Dearest Nanay
16 October 2024 Wednesday, 110P Dearest Nanay, Thank you for waking me up. It is too early yet. But like you used to tell me, if I...
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ilamagazine1
Nov 71 min read
Poetry of Shazia Rashid
EMOTIONS... I pretend to be strong When inside I am hollow for long. I force to smile When it's hard even for a while. I am occupied with...
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