ILA  Magazine

by Apu Mondal Like the grass that grows At the feet of the trees Is our childhood, enough Shade and shine, And just the right rainfall,...

by Dr. Yogendra Arya What more Does a man need Bread for two times Clothes to cover body Humble dwellings Lamp at night Axe and plough...

POETRY AND ART COLLABORATION Many years gone Times forgotten Times unknown Tears shed Mind bleeds Left my sweet home I am away from home...

by Steve Carr Standing at the railing of the veranda, Amanda watched the turbulent ocean waves roll over the gray sand. She pulled her...

It was a cold December night. The moon was at its peak sight. Darkness was adoring. Bats were escaping. It was a cold December night. We...

So: where and what is my passion? Passion is the night eternal blink of the stars, in each brother. Passion is the day, blazing light of...

Where did we go the last time the train stopped what happened then a brigand of runaway clouds talked to us did we ever reach home home...

By Tapas Dey A span of two decades Wakes up again in one moonlit evening. My sight is inside the dearest room. The touch of the warm...

Featured Poetry of a very talented poet, Mr. Dusan Kovacevic Batulja from Serbia. LET'S PROTECT THE EARTH How beautiful is this night, a...

This is a "special mention" to poet, Prasanna Bhatta, for writing a most eloquent and profoundly beautiful poem of Humanity, on December...

Sad is the state of loved ones aiming at other verbal guns eyed as an accused punch bag venomous anger aimed at every lag little triggers...

I woke up or I'm still asleep in the quiet night with the moon which frames our memories in feelings that glow forever in us. Dawn light...

ILA Blog features Wordsmith/Alchemist, Roman Cain and his play on words. WHOLINESS: One can be blinded by bright light Or, lost in...

I cannot see, the nature I see, it rather dawns on me, the beautiful sky, the fertile earth. The reason I see it, is you. When you see...

VOICES OF THE VOID: SOLILOQUY - I What I am in reality! Humans on that Sun - orbiting grain in space and time Keep hammering their hearts...

As soon as you left… It felt like as if someone stumped me. As if the skies fell down immediately And I’m standing bareheaded underneath...

(Gogyohka) After so long time I met you in my dream last night From bloomed body-garden I smelt the perfume-delight, I dived-got...

(A poetic form: Tanka) Snowy lands pause pace coldness chills earthly traffic the mind remains warm out into the wilderness the mind...

Life is a Colorful hub! Sometimes fussy, Sometimes prismatic verses. All must be aware about the part, The crimson red of golden heart....

Written by Chukwuma Chika Ogbuefi I'm the pen warrior, you know! Holding pen with care, Sharing the norms. When I'm with my pen, I'm...