Poetry Feature of Yahuza Abdulkadir
THIS PLACE Wash my face, not with soft waters, but with colorful dust. Wipe away every stain of memory, that reminds me of this place....
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May 9, 20222 min read
An Excerpt by Peshawa Kakayi
An excerpt from ("Through the Window, I Look at Nali's Donkey) By Peshawa Kakayi and Translated by Goran Sabah As I ponder the universe A...
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ilamagazine1
May 9, 20221 min read
PRETTY AS A PICTURE
This feature is a collaboration created by poet/artist/photographer, Carl Scharwath, from USA and poetess Deborah Setiyawati from...
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May 9, 20222 min read
WILL YOU EVER WAKE UP?
By Leonard W. Maero You stood shoulders high, in the entire region Your three long nostrils pointed to the sky, breathing out white fumes...
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ilamagazine1
May 4, 20221 min read
WHAT IF I LOVE?
Come back O' Lover! The valley of love is deadly more than a thousand deaths... It hurts...Love is infectious, it never cures, it is...
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ilamagazine1
May 4, 20222 min read
Featured Poetry of Sabyasachi Nazrul
RICE IN STOMACH The sun is sweating profusely today I'm gasping for breath. I bought pineapple paste this simmer I will eat what? Empty...
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May 4, 20225 min read
Poetry Feature of Nguyen Thanh Hai
Written in Poet's native language of Vietnamese and translated into English Cúi hôn tóc mẹ chiều xuân Tờ lịch vô tình đâu phải chỉ riêng...
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ilamagazine1
May 4, 20221 min read
The Mind is a Writer
The mind is a writer. It imbibes the stresses and strains Joys and sorrows Of the day More than we'll ever know. Then In the stillness of...
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ilamagazine1
May 4, 20221 min read
I found You, Allah
Oh, the Magnificent! I was lost Wondered Looked East and West North and South Above and Below My vision sealed Was indulged in worldly...
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ilamagazine1
Apr 8, 20223 min read
Essay/Prose Poem:
This Will All Make More Sense Four Years Hence By Scott Thomas Outlar Reishi and chaga and maitake mushrooms on an empty stomach help...
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ilamagazine1
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Whimsical She and I
She dothed her everything to me. Lured in instances of security to my company and wrote my name in her heart with empathy. Neither I...
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ilamagazine1
Apr 7, 20222 min read
SHASWATA GANGOPADHYAY
Featured poem of SHASWATA GANGOPADHYAY from INDIA Translated from Bengali to English by Rajdeep Mukherjee. ALTAMIRA The artist who...
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ilamagazine1
Apr 7, 20224 min read
Caring for Others
"Good morning," I yelled as I came into the room. "What are you yelling for?" Mr. Frederickson hollered back. "Oh, I am so sorry, sir," I...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Poetry of Mubeen Khishany
RETURN For the soul, when it has been taken the body off, is justification of blindness. And for the empty body...is the darkness. And...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Soft as Sorrow
Skin soft as sorrow Eyes deep as the seas, Hair warm from sunlight With no one to please; Words without voices Pain without tears, Lips...
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Mar 28, 20221 min read
Cease the War and Build Bridges
Throughout the earth has become a battlefield Endeavouring and battling to obtain own right But not fetching peace and freedom for each...
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Mar 28, 20221 min read
WAR
A myriad of deadly bullets fly across the battlefield. Not at all selective of man, woman or child. Oft times slaying innocent victims,...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 28, 20221 min read
PEACE
Much we have seen and scenes are heart wrenching For a dusty coinage, how many have fallen Come to my land, will show you tulip gardens...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 28, 20221 min read
WAR CRIES ARE FOREVER
Window panes of glass are feeling The heat of molten steel, and The flames of fire emerging out, are Indulging in the demonic dance; The...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 27, 20221 min read
WAR AND PEACE
© Joey V. Fernandez War is evil personified, While peace is goodness bonafide. Creation is out of love and peace. As destruction from war...
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