BE FOOLISHLY WITH ME By Qasim Kashmiri (Poet, Novelist)
Be foolishly with me Once you know me, Depart, Gather the blood shrouds Take me home, And depart Adorn my ugly face With eighty veils,...
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- 2 days ago
- 5 min
Poetry/Visual Arts - Editor's Choice
December 4, 2023 From October 18 - November 15th, we offered poets an "Autumn" themed challenge, however, not all countries experience...
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ilamagazine1
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
October - November Editor's Choice
December 3, 2023 October/November, we offered a visual art/poetry challenge to our Facebook Group members with the option of choosing one...
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ilamagazine1
- Nov 19
- 2 min
Poets of Peace and Harmony
On October 20th, 2023, ILA Magazine offered a visual prompt challenge, a dove of peace with children standing in various lines holding...
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ilamagazine1
- Nov 19
- 3 min
DODOITSU THEME
Recently, ILA offered the Dodoitsu poetry form to poets of our Facebook group. Out of the twenty entries, eight poets were chosen....
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ilamagazine1
- Nov 7
- 3 min
Tuesday Afternoon Meeting of the Minds
Carl Scharwath's Interview with Oluwafemi Abraham. CARL SCHARWATH: I had the pleasure of meeting Oluwafemi Abraham, a poet from Nigeria....
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ilamagazine1
- Nov 7
- 1 min
ETERNITY
How long is eternity? Sounds never ending We compare it to infinity But everything that's supposed to last forever Always seems to come...
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ilamagazine1
- Nov 7
- 2 min
A MYRIAD of SEPTOLETS
In October, ILA Magazine challenged poets with a SEPTOLET Prompt. Initially, we had planned to only pick a handful of poems to publish,...
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ilamagazine1
- Oct 13
- 5 min
An Interview with Mehran Hashemi
October 16, 2023. Today, I had the great pleasure interviewing Mehran Hashemi, who is a Persian poet, born in the great country of Iran....
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ilamagazine1
- Oct 4
- 5 min
An Interview with Johnny Francis Wolf
October 4, 2023 Today, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Johnny Francis Wolf for ILA readers. After reading his bio, I got the...
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ilamagazine1
- Oct 4
- 3 min
Book Review
October 4, 2023 From ILA Magazine's Desk: An Editor's Review of: Gloria Magallanes-Loeb's book: "Nature - The Moon, The Sky, Flowers and...
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ilamagazine1
- Oct 2
- 4 min
Visual Art/Poetry
Theme: "Angel at Rest" Visual arts have always had a profound impact, yet there are those rare moments when a piece of art truly speaks...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 21
- 3 min
Book Review
September 22, 2023 From ILA Magazine's Desk: An Editor's Review of: Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta's book: "Chasing Sunsets With You"...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 21
- 4 min
SEPTEMBER 2023 EDITOR'S CHOICE
"SILENTLY WE GO AWAY" If the hierarchy lay with the downtrodden Then one would know what life really means The sweat and labor would...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 21
- 3 min
SIJO/MICRO PASSAGE
From September 12 - 16, 2023, our ILA Magazine Facebook Group challenged the poets to combine both a SIJO Poetry form (consisting of 3...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 21
- 5 min
Room With A View
Imagine stepping into a room that takes your breath away, especially if it's a window, terrace, in the confines of your home or in...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 16
- 4 min
POETIC SPRINKLINGS
From inspirational to the seasons, to flora and fauna or spiritual, Seema Sharma from India, covers it all in the six poems we've...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 16
- 4 min
A Half Dozen plus One
Featuring poetry by a most prolific bard, Sir SAI PRAKASH, from India, a collection of poetry (half dozen plus one), his poems chosen...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 16
- 6 min
Amer Al-Tayeb
"Untitled Poem" Translated by: ILA Magazine Editors English translation and original poem (without diacritics), featured. Departure...
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ilamagazine1
- Sep 12
- 6 min
"Light Needs Darkness To Shine"
The title above is a prompt we offered poets based on the title of AUTHOR MEHRAN HASHEMI'S recently published book, which he so kindly...
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