ILA  Magazine

LANCELOT AS SHALLOT You are asleep, Wrapped in your cocoon Of silk. Where you weave blind tapestries On an island Sequestered with sable...

I lost so much of your beauty! A shop with no much except some necessities. The tick of every clock with fatigue Each second returns...

"The Poet's Jasmine" Let me sit next to you In a corner of blue The voice of your emotion' Still as calm as the ocean, You are the poet's...

The Moonlight Dance he caressed nature with the scent in love rose.. With a delicate flower in her hair and in the eye a stray ray of...

The trees cast shadows across the deserted scene And a breeze stirred in the cool air which pervaded a benign dominion Beneath vast...

We need a trigger for dreams To fulfill them This trigger makes us stay alive And have a purpose in life. This trigger makes us have...

Featuring the work of photographer/poetess, Norah Bolubatolu Ratu and her snapshots from the heart. She has been frequently chosen as...

"Dedicated to the greediness and ignorance of man and the silence of earth." © Written by Peshawa Kakayi Translated by Daliya Raouf In...

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHY OF DEBRA S. MASCARENHAS The photographer explains while the sunrise rose over Dubai, she captured her snapshots on...

Someday Somewhere I could bid you farewell With all recompense When I gather the courage To break the hard ice Without asking for Any...

Here we feature the work of two very talented poets who participated in a Word of the Week (Lief) Sestina challenge we offered on our...

Featuring the photography of Dawood Yousuf from Kashmir. Sunset with Chinar

Sitting alone on one barren tree top Sermoning Hari Hari Ram Ram A selfish crane, hearing its rendition running away far toward oblivion...

© Written by Burhan Peeping through the broken window My ears deaf and my mouth numb Along the police sirens and honking horns of...

Rustling through the lotus lakes in darkness, Shall I compare you with the winter moon, Yoking my heart in your charming harness,...

I stood shoulder to shoulder with Toby, prepared to confront the Aswang head on. Had it not been for Menchie, we'd have bested her last...

On the ILA Magazine Facebook Group, "After Nightfall" was a prompt challenge given by one of our contributing editors, Mr. Bur Han. It...

"Perennial Poet-to-be" Never have I been a poet as such, always a poet-to-be. Poems have been somnolent to me, on the leaves of misty...

The emperor has been petrified and mortified, around the baleful backdrops The ushering beam of autumn following heavy rain nourished the...

LOVELY FEELINGS Shining eyes deep looks Showing vision and love Emotions calm and quiet Asking my love to say Few words of kindness ...