ILA  Magazine

"REVISITING THE OLD HOME" There are still traces of the broken walls, Now overgrown with moss, The opening where the door once stood -...

"MY FALLEN CAMELLIAS..." Beside the walkway to my door, I can hear my fallen Camellias whispering my name, chocked in tears, and I cry...

March 2025 Editor's Choice featuring Gabriel S. Weah "MASK OF A BROKEN KID" I have a mother, A beautiful mother, Gifted by God, yet...

Gloria Magallanes-Loeb "UNCERTAINTY" The blood moon, eerie yet with a mystic glow Shrouded in shadows above a celestial show Depicting...

The poet, as the life force, what fuels their muse, and the inspiration of their poems. "WHY I WRITE?" They say You are different How am...

From symphonies of sorting, to reflections in a sea of plastic, to recycled treasures of love letters to Mother Earth, the dance of three...

Theme: "TWITTERPATED" Brevity in Micro Poetry refers to expressing a complex thought or emotion using a small amount of words. Poems are...

Expressing in poem or prose form, poets in this feature have woven beautiful compositions of the unsung heroines, their strengths,...

Wildlife and Habitat's Edge Haiku expressing the essence of endangered species in their natural habitats. Prose expressing perspectives...

Contributing Editor, Carl Scharwath's Interview with Impspired Editor, Mr. Charlie Cawte: CARL SCHARWATH: This morning I had the pleasure...

Long after the garden had been destroyed, Its inhabitants fleeing into the wilderness, The charred remains of the great tree, Was all...

The book opens, and the night begins. The hand that holds it does not tremble. In the other, a bird that is not a bird. The sky is...

A cryptic mind silently beckoning Ahead of its mystic rudiments Conjuring in a flash of brilliance A myriad of mundane elements   A...

Feature "Editor's Choice" for February 2025 "BEFORE YOU SPEAK" Run your words through a filter of compassion, before letting them charge...

Feature "Editor's Choice" for February 2025 "VIVID FRIENDSHIP" An unknown meet At the destiny of syndicate He was in search of peace ...

Featured Editor's Choice for February 2025 "SHOP LOCAL" I chewed the fat with a farmer the other day At a tiny roadside market around the...

Featured Editor's Choice for February 2025 THE EMPTY SCREAM Cooling is the night air against my skin. But there is a power in silence...

Featured Editor's Choice for February 2025 SHE EFFACED AN EFFULGENCE With a chortle the benison of her benign touch, Seemed to affect me...

Featured Editor's Choice for February 2025 MATTHEW 5:5 1. If life is on a silver spoon, I didn't eat it. It's not what I needed. I...

Featured Editor's Choice for February 2025 SO IS TOMORROW SOUGHT Is it in this day and time where the sunsets on oceans of ambition...