FORGET NOT!
© By Chichi Alintah Nothing can be taken if not given The dream, his spot of communication Leaving the place of reality out of action If...
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Jul 19, 20231 min read
OBLATED TO BLACK
© Written by Emmelia M. They are talking about black, in my never-ending nights, obsolete to the colorless corpse, once they have never...
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Jul 19, 20234 min read
David Morgan
SORRY MATE Sorry mate, switch on the lights and welcome to Fairy-tale town; Do you see the caring care home has been closed down? We...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 15, 20233 min read
A Poetic Weaving: 7 Poems Plus One
The poems we feature here were chosen as "best entries" (out of 11 entries total), in a recent poetry challenge given. The prompt was...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 13, 20232 min read
POEMS OF VANDANA KUMAR
"THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW" The Saturday night show Is like the moon outside my balcony A quarter full There is a lot that remains to...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 13, 20231 min read
A View of Two Poems
"TRACE A PATH" I trace a path to the road less taken. There are countless circles and at night I always get lost. I am certain it is the...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 13, 20232 min read
"Untitled Poem", Translated.
Written by Amer Al-Tayeb Translated by: ILA Magazine Editors Translated version and original poem featured at closure. Whoever has his...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 13, 20233 min read
WHO CLOSES THE DOOR AT NIGHT?
Poem written by Zargham Abbas Translation by ILA Editors "من يغلقُ بابَ الليل". ضرغام عباس / العراق الليلُ حيوانٌ أسودٌ ضخم. ليلٌ أسودُ...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 7, 20231 min read
Editor's Choice - Ghazal
Let this scorched heart be left sun-dried in your lawn, cheer up Let a strolling glance lure you at the dawn, cheer up A wandering wish...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 7, 20231 min read
AMOROUS LOVE
Back in May of 2023, ILA Magazine offered a Word of the Week Ghazal Prompt Challenge, the requirements to apply both words (amorous and...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 5, 20232 min read
The Brook Has Fallen
Upon the fields of verdant hue, A tale of change I shall bestow, Where once a brook with waters pure, Now lies in silence, calm no more. ...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 2, 20237 min read
A Summer Collage
(Of Nostalgia and Nausea) And what are we but fleeting specks of consciousness absorbing energy while drifting through the field of sound...
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ilamagazine1
Jul 2, 20231 min read
Hypnotic Nuances
A fusion of poetry and art. Which secret will know the fabric of life? Tinted streaks fluoresce as if Aurora Borealis streams from still...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 30, 20233 min read
A Daisy Chain Quartet
Recently, we offered a 'Daisy Chain' prompt challenge and out of the 24 entries, we chose 4 poets so we are presenting all four in this...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 30, 20231 min read
A Trio of Poems
And in the end, what treasure shall I own But a sinful self and a regretful sigh! © Binte Ayesha Wani O love' thou must dwell in my heart...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Insignificantly Significant
What art thou pondering deep? Oh' stupid I'm up to brim, Forgot, what I'm to them Insignificantly significant nut. Wished as others in...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 21, 20232 min read
A Weave of Two Poems
WINDOWS look... look close, my gaze the whine of what endures... can you not see the toil of my father - the glint of my mother's care?...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Michael Ryan
"UNTITLED" This is how we rise up, from the dirt, blacked out burnt down, everything turned Then we made an exit and as God is my...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 21, 20231 min read
The Art of Writing
Every beat of my hand when writing, drives sighs In life, being an artist of the Word and wasting away my pen strokes of colors on white...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 21, 20231 min read
A Pair of Poems
THE HERMIT Why in the world, would someone choose to live alone - in solitude? He could be a wizard, so some folks thought; or perhaps...
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