ILA  Magazine

Coffee and a book is the best comfort zone of traveling far and wide with the letters and words. It's like a feeling of peace engulfing...

Contributing Editor, Carl Scharwath's Interview with Barbara Leonhard I had the pleasure of speaking with Barbara Leonhard who is an...

EPIMILLIGRAMMA Non ti devi incazzare se, a volte, ti nomino, sai, t’ho reso immortale come un «ritratto d’anonimo». Incide meglio il mio...

It began with a spark, and then the world turned cruel. At noon, flames swallowed the camp, a hungry beast devoured everything in its...

The Capsizing Boat A boat, too full, brimful with innocent and naive souls, in the hope of a safe refuge, trembled for the safety of...

Words that paint, images that speak: Dive into our exclusive interview with a true master of artistic fusion! AN INTERVIEW with CARL...

January 7, 2025 POEM: "IN PIECES" All of my life I was just like a mirror. When it's broken in pieces It is so hard to recompose it Most...

Featuring thirteen poets from a recent prompt held in December. Each country is significantly different from the next, either influenced...

"Are We Getting Old?" (A dedication to our respected friend in Heaven: De Stella Puricelli) A Scooter Was Wrooming On the Wide Roads of...

THE WHITE SWAN AND UNDINE: O the white swan! Where are you? In west, I will send undine to Tell you about my passion for you, Hark! You...

"MOSTLY UNNEEDED" Soil: To be far away from abstraction - A concrete roof been made, At time of eternity's invitation - To have a...

POETRY RESPONDS TO ART - A PAIRED COLLABORATION TRANSPARENT SPEAKERS I prefer the dark night, the frigid cold air. I feel apparitions...

WINTER VEIL The snow unfolds whispers of white snowflake down on the mountains leaving soft white papers of poems written with soil...

"Journey Incantation" May this path lead and I explore Each destination Is just a beginning of my journey Fear and excitement Are just a...

Featuring the work of Dan Flore III "A SCRATCH OFF LOTTERY TICKET" once plump with possibilities now with a ton of other losers all...

"Beneath Autumn's Grain" I walk the fields where autumn's rusted sprawl Lays down in layers, thick as hearth-warmed clay, And footpaths...

Elements of earth, water, fire, wind/air and spirit (inner/outer energy, mindfulness) was the inspiration of the recent poetry challenge...

May this path lead and I explore Each destination Is just a beginning of my journey Fear and excitement Are just a part of my life That...

"ABOUT" A kismet about life A nexus of stories Which are dinkum which a crapehanger won't trust at all because the perspective is dark...

"RESTLESS SOUL" Resonance of the spirit within Beyond bourne destiny profound Inner wain of soul such adage Resound ascertain in abeyance...