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Aug 25, 20232 min read

Poetry of Michael Lee Johnson

SUMMER IS DYING (V4) Outside, summer is dying into fall, and blue daddy petunias sprout ears - hear the beginning of night chills. In...

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Aug 25, 20234 min read

Unbreakable Ties

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Aug 25, 20235 min read

Friday Night Meeting of the Minds

A special feature of Gloria Magallanes-Loeb interviewed by our Contributing Editor/Interviewer, Carl Scharwath. Photo above is Author,...

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Aug 24, 20232 min read

Gwawdodyn Hir (Sestet)

On August 13 - 18th, 2023, we held a Gwawdodyn Hir Poetry Form (Sestet) Prompt Challenge for writers on our ILA Magazine Facebook Group....

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Aug 24, 20232 min read

A Hallmark of Poetry

Featuring the poems of Tohm Bakelas "porch rain" beads of water pool in the palm of my right hand - the left holds nothing "perspectives"...

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Aug 19, 20235 min read

KENNETH MASWABI

THE WORLD IS NOT A SONG BUT A POEM In its ridges, lies the clues The world is folded into ripples of pain and joy It appears that sadness...

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Aug 19, 20233 min read

Pir Abdul Gani

TO MY MOTHER ‘Tis thou where the ogin of love streameth, ‘Tis thou where the beauty of the world floweth, ‘Tis thou whose absence maketh...

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Aug 17, 20233 min read

THEME: ELEGIAC REFLECTIONS

I DIED THE DAY I WAS BORN I am a little girl! Yes I am a little girl! Do you think I am the daughter of a pale- pearl? Born to...

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Aug 16, 20233 min read

An "Anything" Offering

The "Anythings" are an offering we present to our ILA Magazine Facebook Group usually on a Friday, and occasionally on a weekend day. We...

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Aug 11, 20234 min read

Poetry of Michael Ryan

RAIN Last night, while you were asleep I climbed through the clouds To stand on the moon So I could shoot at stars And tell the heavens...

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Aug 11, 20234 min read

Odes to Sunsets

Recently, we offered a themed challenge, the requirement for poets to write an Ode to Sunsets. Though there are various forms of odes, we...

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Jul 30, 20237 min read

From Dusk to Dawn

An Interview with Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta by ILA Contributing Editor, Mr. Carl Scharwath. GOOD DAY, EVE (Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta),...

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Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta - Book Feature - "Chasing Sunsets With You"

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Jul 30, 20235 min read

Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta - Book Feature - "Chasing Sunsets With You"

July, 29, 2023 BIO: Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta, or, 'Eve', or (aka 'Hibiscus'), a nickname familiar to many, has published her third book...

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Jul 26, 20232 min read

A Blending of Poems and Quotes

AND ON SEEING YOU Ha...with a heavy, subdued sigh! how else could I fervently feel you, lest with a deep breath taken beneath. Let me...

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Jul 25, 20232 min read

Poetic Musings of Michael Hislop

WHY DO THE ELEPHANTS DANCE Why do the elephants dance Carefree and Wild Under the wide expanses Endless miles And countless stars Why...

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Jul 25, 20232 min read

"A HEARTY CONVERSATION"

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Jul 25, 20231 min read

Don't Be A Weed

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Jul 25, 20232 min read

To My Heart Great Questions

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Jul 25, 20233 min read

Oh Heart of Mine

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Jul 25, 20232 min read

"If My Heart Could Talk to My Head"

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