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"Untitled Poem" Translated by: ILA Magazine Editors English translation and original poem (without diacritics), featured. Departure...

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...

Recently, our guest editor, Mayyu Hamim, offered a prompt challenge to poets with the option of choosing one of ten prompts presented to...

"Yearlong Flames of Yearnings" Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Collaborating Authors: HARSH SHARMA and JACQUELINE VILLOSO-VENTO HARSH SHARMA is...

Three poems featured by the poet, in both Italian (mother tongue) and English. ZELO D’AMORE Quel verso leopardiano che ispirò la sua...

ACROSTIC An angel upholds an ample umbrella 'Neath which many multitudes of the songsters thrive Novice in the arts and the erudite both...

SUMMER IS DYING (V4) Outside, summer is dying into fall, and blue daddy petunias sprout ears - hear the beginning of night chills. In...

© By Dexter Amoroso Like two stars destined to shine in the same sky, Don and Dona's paths converged, creating a celestial bond that...

A special feature of Gloria Magallanes-Loeb interviewed by our Contributing Editor/Interviewer, Carl Scharwath. Photo above is Author,...

On August 13 - 18th, 2023, we held a Gwawdodyn Hir Poetry Form (Sestet) Prompt Challenge for writers on our ILA Magazine Facebook Group....

Featuring the poems of Tohm Bakelas "porch rain" beads of water pool in the palm of my right hand - the left holds nothing "perspectives"...

THE WORLD IS NOT A SONG BUT A POEM In its ridges, lies the clues The world is folded into ripples of pain and joy It appears that sadness...

TO MY MOTHER ‘Tis thou where the ogin of love streameth, ‘Tis thou where the beauty of the world floweth, ‘Tis thou whose absence maketh...

I DIED THE DAY I WAS BORN I am a little girl! Yes I am a little girl! Do you think I am the daughter of a pale- pearl? Born to...

The "Anythings" are an offering we present to our ILA Magazine Facebook Group usually on a Friday, and occasionally on a weekend day. We...

RAIN Last night, while you were asleep I climbed through the clouds To stand on the moon So I could shoot at stars And tell the heavens...

Recently, we offered a themed challenge, the requirement for poets to write an Ode to Sunsets. Though there are various forms of odes, we...

An Interview with Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta by ILA Contributing Editor, Mr. Carl Scharwath. GOOD DAY, EVE (Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta),...

July, 29, 2023 BIO: Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta, or, 'Eve', or (aka 'Hibiscus'), a nickname familiar to many, has published her third book...

AND ON SEEING YOU Ha...with a heavy, subdued sigh! how else could I fervently feel you, lest with a deep breath taken beneath. Let me...