ILA  Magazine

© Mugheesa Rauf After a fall despaired my soul, Thinking of you makes me delight a whole, Your existence brings the joy of spring,...

"Lend a Helping Hand" It is never a glory When you live life for yourself You're a waster and a disgrace It is worthless to be consumed...

Presentation of Gloria Magallanes-Loeb, a bio, her recently published book, 'NATURE: The Moon, The Sun, Flowers and Feelings', and three...

"UNDER THE CANDLE'S LIGHT" Unforgettable: that cold winter - in each hand, a glass of wine. Our words trembled in the air like the flame...

HAPPINESS HAS COME Late, but the happiness has arrived: I will tell you my secret, my way. It says the happiness, taking my wrists, I...

A special feature of Piya Ghosh Sikdar, interviewed by our Contributing Editor/Interviewer, Carl Scharwath. Included, poems and...

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...

(A Sci-Fi Story) VELOCITY: THE WHIRLING WORLD (A SCI-FI STORY) The world spun with a fervent madness, its rotation intensified...

This morning, I have the pleasure of interviewing Tamikio L. Dooley for ILA Magazine and readers. I came to know Tamiko as an editor who...

"THE DIVINITY OF LOVE: A Divine Institution of Love" A Prose Poem Your face shines like a full moon in a seagoing darkness, and my poetry...

Photo of Dr. Amitabh Mitra in an Art Gallery of his hospital where he works that was once a polyclinic. SHIPWRECK OF MEMORIES the old...

Recently, ILA Magazine offered a "Word of the Week" Prompt Challenge with a catch. Rather than posting the words, we kept "scrambled" ...

"HOW OFTEN" how often have you looked up in wonder and delight admiring an illuminated arching starry night out across a cosmic ocean of...

"BEST ENTRIES" chosen in a recent April Monthly Visual Arts/Poetry Prompt Challenge, the poetry of DANNY BEST and SHWETA SAHAI. "HAVE...

Once upon a time, in a faraway hometown, Some siblings have been fighting for the crown. Their parents succumbed many moons ago. The poor...

"THE SPRING" My daughter arrived during Spring Semester and with her, splendor, good and bad. The seasons went, and the fields, and...

"WHAT SHALL I WRITE?" Thinking in depth what people will read What kind of words or phrases I need Reality I write, it is ignored and...

FEELINGS Feelings are a little sentimental Wouldn't say feelings are sadness or pity Say it's more like a mournful A strong sense of...

Featuring poetry and 'Short story-to-poems' of Danny Best. HAVE FAITH Yet another setback to have to deal with, after several others...

FEATURED POEMS and QUOTES OF WISDOM ISAH True Love Will Come Along Don't force yourself into someone that has already locked the door....