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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,...

Written by Amrita Mallik Amrita is one of our 16 Biweekly Picks from last week's Best Poems we have chosen to be published. Are your...

By Sarala Balachandran Sarala's poem is ILA's one out of sixteen BIWEEKLY picks we chose to be published on our Blog. In this vast...

Back in May/June of 2021, we offered a Tetractys Poem Prompt Challenge for writers on ILA Facebook Group and the following poets and...

Included and with permission, in the author's feature, are poems from his book, "The Universe." Also included in this feature, his...

Oleksandra's poem was featured in Issue # 4 (August/September Edition) of ILA on Editor's Choice Section yet, thought to feature also on...

Written by Bernadette O'Reilly Last Thursday Thirty second anniversary of absence I sat in the dark watching Riverdance. You danced into...

Poem is written by Barbara Suen. Barbara Suen retains all the rights to her poem. She is from Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. She is an...

The Peace of Angels I will release to recieve the peace of angels. I will count the changes as realizations, tip over the radicalized,...

Dr. Amitabh Mitra wrote a Semi-Autobiographical Collection of prose poems and charcoal drawings back in 2015, titled, "Stranger Than a...

Now, I'm not going to write on thee, anymore, I'm not going to write on thee. You have cussed me enough, By your wrenching decrees. If...

Long ago, people stopped loving others around them And what is it worth to fall in love with someone's eyes When no one will recognize...

Written by Radhika Tytler I am surpassed and degraded and laughed at by some Then, I am honored and loved and praised by some I am the...

Written by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty Some come here, never to leave to remain forever in the hearts of millions to inspire generations yet to...

Whether it's made of stone or dirt, whether it's old or new, I will follow it despite the obstacles I have to encounter along the way. ...