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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ilamagazine1
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
The Joy of Spring
© Mugheesa Rauf After a fall despaired my soul, Thinking of you makes me delight a whole, Your existence brings the joy of spring,...
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ilamagazine1
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
A Poem Review
"Lend a Helping Hand" It is never a glory When you live life for yourself You're a waster and a disgrace It is worthless to be consumed...
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ilamagazine1
- May 23
- 2 min
Gloria Magallanes-Loeb
Presentation of Gloria Magallanes-Loeb, a bio, her recently published book, 'NATURE: The Moon, The Sun, Flowers and Feelings', and three...
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ilamagazine1
- May 23
- 3 min
Irma Kurti
"UNDER THE CANDLE'S LIGHT" Unforgettable: that cold winter - in each hand, a glass of wine. Our words trembled in the air like the flame...
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ilamagazine1
- May 23
- 3 min
Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna (Kyrgyzstan)
HAPPINESS HAS COME Late, but the happiness has arrived: I will tell you my secret, my way. It says the happiness, taking my wrists, I...
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ilamagazine1
- May 22
- 5 min
A Defining Moment: An Interview with Piya Ghosh Sikdar
A special feature of Piya Ghosh Sikdar, interviewed by our Contributing Editor/Interviewer, Carl Scharwath. Included, poems and...
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ilamagazine1
- May 22
- 2 min
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
- May 19
- 5 min
Velocity: The Whirling World
(A Sci-Fi Story) VELOCITY: THE WHIRLING WORLD (A SCI-FI STORY) The world spun with a fervent madness, its rotation intensified...
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ilamagazine1
- May 19
- 4 min
At The Round Table: An Interview Between Two Editors
This morning, I have the pleasure of interviewing Tamikio L. Dooley for ILA Magazine and readers. I came to know Tamiko as an editor who...
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ilamagazine1
- May 13
- 2 min
Walid Boureghda
"THE DIVINITY OF LOVE: A Divine Institution of Love" A Prose Poem Your face shines like a full moon in a seagoing darkness, and my poetry...
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ilamagazine1
- May 12
- 2 min
Dr. Amitabh Mitra
Photo of Dr. Amitabh Mitra in an Art Gallery of his hospital where he works that was once a polyclinic. SHIPWRECK OF MEMORIES the old...
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ilamagazine1
- May 12
- 1 min
The Best of Two Minds
Recently, ILA Magazine offered a "Word of the Week" Prompt Challenge with a catch. Rather than posting the words, we kept "scrambled" ...
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ilamagazine1
- May 10
- 1 min
Still More of the 'Best'
"HOW OFTEN" how often have you looked up in wonder and delight admiring an illuminated arching starry night out across a cosmic ocean of...
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ilamagazine1
- May 10
- 2 min
An April Visual Offering
"BEST ENTRIES" chosen in a recent April Monthly Visual Arts/Poetry Prompt Challenge, the poetry of DANNY BEST and SHWETA SAHAI. "HAVE...
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Walid Boureghda
- May 9
- 1 min
Looking Forlornly at Heavens Gates
Once upon a time, in a faraway hometown, Some siblings have been fighting for the crown. Their parents succumbed many moons ago. The poor...
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ilamagazine1
- May 9
- 4 min
Mohamed Kerkoub
"THE SPRING" My daughter arrived during Spring Semester and with her, splendor, good and bad. The seasons went, and the fields, and...
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ilamagazine1
- May 8
- 1 min
N. P. Khatiwada
"WHAT SHALL I WRITE?" Thinking in depth what people will read What kind of words or phrases I need Reality I write, it is ignored and...
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ilamagazine1
- May 5
- 2 min
Tamikio Dooley
FEELINGS Feelings are a little sentimental Wouldn't say feelings are sadness or pity Say it's more like a mournful A strong sense of...
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ilamagazine1
- Apr 20
- 3 min
THURSDAY'S 'BEST'
Featuring poetry and 'Short story-to-poems' of Danny Best. HAVE FAITH Yet another setback to have to deal with, after several others...
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