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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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ilamagazine1
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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ilamagazine1
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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ilamagazine1
Mar 27, 20221 min read
QUEST FOR ATARAXIS
Ah! That I'd but in dreams, Sought thy visage for years and eons, To heal good men from anguish'd moans, And purge ill ones in thy pious...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 27, 20221 min read
HARBINGER OF PEACE
Humanity doubtful about future still hungry for peace and harmony. We inhibit the world where there's no dearth of reasons to worry....
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ilamagazine1
Mar 27, 20221 min read
GIVE PEACE TO WAR
Bloom of joy suddenly got lost, I hardly hear those smiles anymore, The city roars destitute in its wake Wailing here, sorrow there....
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ilamagazine1
Mar 26, 20223 min read
Poetry and Art by MUBEEN KHISHANY
The day that I will die in What is the day on the calendar? it is the day of my death and the day that repeats every day and I die in...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 26, 20221 min read
Niger - UNV Orthopedic Surgeon - 1989
The poet's passage was chosen among other forms of literature, from a challenge we offered on March 02, 2022. We wanted to hear from the...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 26, 20221 min read
THIRSTY FOR PEACE
The poet's poem was chosen among other poets, from a challenge we offered on March 02, 2022. We wanted to hear from entrants, their...
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ilamagazine1
Mar 26, 20221 min read
Why!
We live in a world Filled with people who Lack love in their hearts. Nations try to appease each other With no love in their hearts Just...
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