ILA  Magazine

"A poet has the capacity to think about "Emotion recollected in tranquility", according to the poet, William Wordsworth (1770-1850). ...

A piece of bread To quench the hunger For day and night; A person shouts out for a sad existence, Searches for it, but fails and finishes...

From the recent prompt of Chaucer, who wrote much of his content with wit, insight, combining elements at times, of romance, comedy or...

Poets were challenged to write honoring our planet through creativity and action, harnessing an awareness, regarding environmental issues...

Kashmir ! Whence water flux Each vein of race Mountains narrate tales to the skies Soothing aura so judicious Santoor's dilute strings...

By Peshawa Kakayi Translated by: Goran Sabah I write What the Earth and sky tell me To write with the notebook of the wind With the pen...

Mission Statement Creativity is within each of us and when it is utilized for whatever moment in time, the environment becomes more...

March 8 is International Women's Day and the entire month of March is International Women's History month. The center of interest for...

The War, our enduring mate. (Since I was just five, the question at my core is why we do need war). Three times I had fled from war, was...

"The Language Known by Every Flesh and Blood" This poem begins like a dirge Telling people the certainty of life; People living for a...

Gloaming Twilight lives constant in my mind. My eyes fight to fix in ether's haze as each shifting wind feeds water to fire, splashing...

Love in art has always been a captivating subject for poets. When they look at a piece of art, they see more than just colors and shapes...

A monostich is a single-lined micro poem expressing a complete thought. It is usually written as an unabridged concept with sagacity, in...

My love is a spiral labyrinth of a mixture of gloominess and happiness. One who could sneak into it would lose the way out of it. You may...

CELEBRATING POETS Random Editor's Choice OLD AGE TEAR How quietly look in the eyes when a smile dies cold tears flowing in a bright old...

Her timeless movement between her kitchen and her living room was my only entertainment, as I sat completely alone behind my bedroom...

Featuring the work of Laszlo Aranyi (Frater Azmon) PRALAYA Felfúvódott hasú kanopusz-Hold; Föld-szarkofág, előző élete maradványain...

Celebrating the Poetic Work of Mayyu Hamim A BLEEDING HEART I am a child with dreams, dreams to grow and explore this beautiful world,...

There is an admiration for the expressive courage and creativity displayed in the featured poems each poet took great strength to...

During the week of February 4th, poets were asked to write a 7-verse poem in rhyming couplet form for each of the seven days of the week....