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Feb 19, 20221 min read
BOOKWORM
What is the benefit I, just ask you, If knowledge, you gained through book reading is not put into practice...? © Thasneem Aala
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ilamagazine1
Feb 19, 20221 min read
BEST ENTRY POEM
An "Untitled" Poem that does not need a title as it is perfect just as it is, with tidbits of nostalgia, poetry, reflection, love and...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 19, 20221 min read
IN MY SLUMBER
My Master had long been Sewing a blanket for me It's been darned with words And sentences, and chapters Every stitch He made, Had a...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 19, 20221 min read
EMBRACE OF WORDS
She is resting asleep with an aura of some solace Like an open book can see what's written on her face It seems that sleepless words...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 19, 20221 min read
In Safe Hands
She is in deep slumber fully-protected by sentinels of her passion each page lulls her to sleep the satiny sheet competes with the silky...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Beyond Our Thought
There is no better companion Than a bunch of new editions. It can boost your creativity Your imagination can travel freely. You can go...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 18, 20221 min read
BOOKS
My life is a book there is my childhood, a girl who rejoices and loves the world around him... Between the lines is laughter, great love,...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 18, 20222 min read
BIBLIOPHILE
The quest for knowledge wizardry Like a madman gathering dirts Poet bookends anything readable for wisdom. A Factotum in the ocean...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 18, 20221 min read
LIBRARY
Books I've read have brought me many places; to far off lands, or just next door, another room in the same house. So many people I have...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 15, 20221 min read
MY LIFE IS AN OPEN BOOK
© by Rakesh Chandra Books are ornaments on my body, And knowledge is the covering on my soul; Ideas are floating in my vacuous mind, In...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 15, 20229 min read
THE SWEETWATER RIVER
by Steve Carr Steve Carr 607 Circlewood Dr. Richmond, Va. 23224 carrsteven960@gmail.com There beneath a pale blue sky, beneath the tufts...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 7, 20221 min read
The Lane is a River
© Written by Ann Christine Tabaka The lane is a river that I cannot cross, I cannot wade its crest. The tides of time flow pass my house,...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 4, 20221 min read
METAMORPHOSIS
There was a girl Who lived in a querencia A secret garden, Where love, light surrounds. Enchantress soul uses passionate fire. When a...
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Hanan Muzafar
Feb 4, 20225 min read
"Guilty Pleasure" by Chad Miller
I knew that I was capable of such acts, but I always thought that it would happen in the basement. It was simply a matter of location. ...
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ilamagazine1
Feb 3, 20221 min read
A Poetic and Visual Collaboration
BEACH WALK Under the vast beautiful azure sky Feeling he dulcet whispers of a cool sea breeze Enjoying he serenity of nature with those...
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Peerzada Burhan
Jan 28, 20221 min read
Ciara
He touches her forehead in a sort of blessing. They recognize each other. A reunion has begun. A sort of repeating- of coming together....
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ilamagazine1
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Wait for the Unsung Song
The wait is long, I know but I'll still wait, never let go... Till my heart beats Till the realms exist Till the speck of life survives I...
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ilamagazine1
Jan 25, 20221 min read
A TINY DROP OF TEAR
I saw faces Laughing and smiling Joking around and being real Nothing seemed made up. The widest spread lips Carrying the brightest of...
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ilamagazine1
Jan 25, 20224 min read
A Senior Moment
Ann Christine Tabaka Interview exclusively for ILA Magazine Good day to our ILA Readers. Today, I had the great pleasure of...
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ilamagazine1
Jan 17, 20221 min read
The Incomplete Poem
My soul I dark you to envy the light of suffering for a No I live in for a Yes, I die. For the hands of blacksmith and for the love of...
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