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Jul 13, 20233 min read

WHO CLOSES THE DOOR AT NIGHT?

Poem written by Zargham Abbas Translation by ILA Editors "من يغلقُ بابَ الليل". ضرغام عباس / العراق الليلُ حيوانٌ أسودٌ ضخم. ليلٌ أسودُ...

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Jul 7, 20231 min read

Editor's Choice - Ghazal

Let this scorched heart be left sun-dried in your lawn, cheer up Let a strolling glance lure you at the dawn, cheer up A wandering wish...

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Jul 7, 20231 min read

AMOROUS LOVE

Back in May of 2023, ILA Magazine offered a Word of the Week Ghazal Prompt Challenge, the requirements to apply both words (amorous and...

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Jul 5, 20232 min read

The Brook Has Fallen

Upon the fields of verdant hue, A tale of change I shall bestow, Where once a brook with waters pure, Now lies in silence, calm no more. ...

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Jul 2, 20237 min read

A Summer Collage

(Of Nostalgia and Nausea) And what are we but fleeting specks of consciousness absorbing energy while drifting through the field of sound...

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Jul 2, 20231 min read

Hypnotic Nuances

A fusion of poetry and art. Which secret will know the fabric of life? Tinted streaks fluoresce as if Aurora Borealis streams from still...

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Jun 30, 20233 min read

A Daisy Chain Quartet

Recently, we offered a 'Daisy Chain' prompt challenge and out of the 24 entries, we chose 4 poets so we are presenting all four in this...

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Jun 30, 20231 min read

A Trio of Poems

And in the end, what treasure shall I own But a sinful self and a regretful sigh! © Binte Ayesha Wani O love' thou must dwell in my heart...

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Jun 30, 20231 min read

Insignificantly Significant

What art thou pondering deep? Oh' stupid I'm up to brim, Forgot, what I'm to them Insignificantly significant nut. Wished as others in...

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Jun 21, 20232 min read

A Weave of Two Poems

WINDOWS look... look close, my gaze the whine of what endures... can you not see the toil of my father - the glint of my mother's care?...

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Jun 21, 20231 min read

Michael Ryan

"UNTITLED" This is how we rise up, from the dirt, blacked out burnt down, everything turned Then we made an exit and as God is my...

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Jun 21, 20231 min read

The Art of Writing

Every beat of my hand when writing, drives sighs In life, being an artist of the Word and wasting away my pen strokes of colors on white...

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Jun 21, 20231 min read

A Pair of Poems

THE HERMIT Why in the world, would someone choose to live alone - in solitude? He could be a wizard, so some folks thought; or perhaps...

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Jun 21, 20231 min read

My Angel

With elegant steps, she quietly glides, And ascents on bed with gentle strides, A deity of feminine opulence made rare, Her radiance...

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Jun 21, 20231 min read

A Poet and a Painter

Collaboration of poet, Aurora Soleil and Paintographer, Carl Scharwath. Carl's work of art is titled "Emerging From Darkness With a Good...

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Jun 20, 20233 min read

A GENTLEMAN'S POEMS

Featuring four true works of art written by amazing poet, Mr. Henry Farrell, who was chosen as "Poet of the Week" , November 2022, May...

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Jun 19, 20232 min read

"Are You Walking With Me...Still...?!?"

Drink A Cup of Coffee... Somewhere... a calf stands To starve of its right. I was walking with the God on my terrace...!!! The God...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

MIDNIGHT SNACK

Food for all destitute on the earth is ready Filling of empty belly of my globe makes me happy I have fetched a little piece of lovely...

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Jun 19, 20233 min read

A Tapestry of Poems and Art

This most gifted poetess from Romania, writes in a sublime and succinct manner, yet, her poetry speaks volumes on subjects or topics that...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

The Cherry Blossom Rose

The Rose petals fell Like the cherry blossom, In the perfect new hour Of that heart-beating day; Vibrant color flowing Like the poem of a...

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