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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
3 hours ago2 min read
The Fire At Noon
It began with a spark, and then the world turned cruel. At noon, flames swallowed the camp, a hungry beast devoured everything in its...
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Mayyu Hamim
1 day ago1 min read
Papa, Save Me, I'm Drowning — Poetry by Mayyu Hamim
The Capsizing Boat A boat, too full, brimful with innocent and naive souls, in the hope of a safe refuge, trembled for the safety of...
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ilamagazine1
Jan 76 min read
Lens, Pen and Canvas
Words that paint, images that speak: Dive into our exclusive interview with a true master of artistic fusion! AN INTERVIEW with CARL...
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ilamagazine1
Jan 710 min read
Poem/Short Story Feature
January 7, 2025 POEM: "IN PIECES" All of my life I was just like a mirror. When it's broken in pieces It is so hard to recompose it Most...
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ilamagazine1
Jan 716 min read
Around the World and Back
Featuring thirteen poets from a recent prompt held in December. Each country is significantly different from the next, either influenced...
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ilamagazine1
Dec 28, 20243 min read
December "Editor's Choice" Poem
"Are We Getting Old?" (A dedication to our respected friend in Heaven: De Stella Puricelli) A Scooter Was Wrooming On the Wide Roads of...
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ilamagazine1
Dec 6, 20242 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 6, 20241 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 29, 20241 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 23, 20241 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 22, 20241 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 22, 20242 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 22, 20243 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 22, 20244 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 22, 20241 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 21, 20243 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 21, 20247 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 21, 20241 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 21, 20242 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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