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Shadows Can Love
I kiss you invisibly, noiseless, almost non-existent you're so gone and that's how I recreate you with every blink of the pupil, I inhale...

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Aug 6, 20221 min read
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A Short Story:
"CAN YOU SEE MY SHADOW ON THE MOON?" The breakdowns ordered event after event. There was almost no patience left - just enough to gather...

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Aug 6, 20221 min read
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I Miss My Gentle Mother
Bitter coffee mixes sweet taste gradually I remember an afternoon rain suddenly My mother never had a moment of serenity For children...

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Aug 6, 20221 min read
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"Untitled"
Promises are best whispered In silken, honeyed tones, When tresses of chestnut Blows in the pine-scented breeze, When the drowning sun...

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Aug 6, 20221 min read
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Micro Poetry
INCOGNITO A life bound in one vast volume I still have many Unread pages ahead of me Chapters of countless adventures And journeys...

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Aug 5, 20221 min read
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Let's Talk About Quotes
"Love is a paradoxical appreciation of the heart which goal is a success when we cherish it without true feelings." © Vincente A. Valdez,...

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Aug 5, 20221 min read
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Dingle, Denouement and Espy
On the 21st of July, we asked poets to use their "MERAKI", by creating a poem applying the words, dingle, denouement and espy. We offer...

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Aug 3, 20222 min read
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Crime of the Heart
A collaboration: Poem by Annette Nasser and Art by Carl Scharwath He spoke just one sentence and she, without crying, consumed by...

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Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Pother and Quixotic
Chosen from a recent Word of the Week Challenge on July 26th, we asked poets to apply the words (above) into a poem 8 lines or less. ...

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Aug 3, 20222 min read
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Visual Arts Feature
During the period between May 28th and June 11th, ILA Magazine Group on Facebook, held a Visual Arts and Photography Recognition, our...

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Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Visual Arts Feature
During the months between May 28th and June 11, we held a Visual Arts and Photography Recognition and here, with many more to follow, we...

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Jul 31, 20221 min read
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Grandma's Album of Life
Taking a trip down memory lane Slowly turning the cover page With her soft, wrinkled hands Grandma, blissful and nostalgic, shares the...

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Jul 31, 20221 min read
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The Investment of a Poet’s Heart
I discovered each of us, taking a dip in a pool of eloquence Each of us, yet an unnamed muse No! Both of us never willing to be used....

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Jul 31, 20221 min read
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THE ONLY DEAD NATION
#Waiting_For_The_Snowfall ******* This is the only dead nation That enjoys Allah's wrath They believe dry winters Potent therapy to their...

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Jul 31, 20221 min read
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A Special Feature
Here we share Quotes and Poetry by Hanan Muzafar and surely you will find inner peace or be touched in some profound manner or another as...

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Jul 30, 20223 min read
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QUOTES
Chosen from ILA's Spring Offerings...Best Entry Quotes "Educate your mind with the treasures of love, care and harmony that will maintain...

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Jul 29, 20222 min read
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Transcreate Poetry
SHE Sometimes She was respected By Grammar Sometimes She was aded By Third Person And Given The Idioms of Pronoun. I forgot The...

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Jul 29, 20221 min read
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QUOTES
The following quotes were chosen from an offering ILA Magazine posted on June 3, 2022. "Let's turn life of the abyss into a life of high...

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Jul 29, 20221 min read
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DEMENTED
Forgive me, if I forget proper etiquette. As I get a few things off my chest, through lips I'll spit. The ideas I fight, with all my...

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Jul 29, 20221 min read
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MY HEART LEAP DANCES (Sonnet)
My heart dances freely, with butterflies And pleased, it flitters and flutters along. I fly in the wind and twirl to the skies Ne'er...

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Jul 29, 20221 min read
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