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Poets of Peace and Harmony
On October 20th, 2023, ILA Magazine offered a visual prompt challenge, a dove of peace with children standing in various lines holding...

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Nov 19, 20232 min read
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DODOITSU THEME
Recently, ILA offered the Dodoitsu poetry form to poets of our Facebook group. Out of the twenty entries, eight poets were chosen....

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Nov 19, 20233 min read
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Tuesday Afternoon Meeting of the Minds
Carl Scharwath's Interview with Oluwafemi Abraham. CARL SCHARWATH: I had the pleasure of meeting Oluwafemi Abraham, a poet from Nigeria....

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Nov 7, 20233 min read
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ETERNITY
How long is eternity? Sounds never ending We compare it to infinity But everything that's supposed to last forever Always seems to come...

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Nov 7, 20231 min read
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A MYRIAD of SEPTOLETS
In October, ILA Magazine challenged poets with a SEPTOLET Prompt. Initially, we had planned to only pick a handful of poems to publish,...

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Nov 7, 20232 min read
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An Interview with Mehran Hashemi
October 16, 2023. Today, I had the great pleasure interviewing Mehran Hashemi, who is a Persian poet, born in the great country of Iran....

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Oct 13, 20235 min read
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An Interview with Johnny Francis Wolf
October 4, 2023 Today, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Johnny Francis Wolf for ILA readers. After reading his bio, I got the...

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Oct 4, 20235 min read
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Book Review
October 4, 2023 From ILA Magazine's Desk: An Editor's Review of: Gloria Magallanes-Loeb's book: "Nature - The Moon, The Sky, Flowers and...

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Oct 4, 20233 min read
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Visual Art/Poetry
Theme: "Angel at Rest" Visual arts have always had a profound impact, yet there are those rare moments when a piece of art truly speaks...

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Oct 2, 20234 min read
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Book Review
September 22, 2023 From ILA Magazine's Desk: An Editor's Review of: Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta's book: "Chasing Sunsets With You"...

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Sep 22, 20233 min read
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SEPTEMBER 2023 EDITOR'S CHOICE
"SILENTLY WE GO AWAY" If the hierarchy lay with the downtrodden Then one would know what life really means The sweat and labor would...

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Sep 21, 20234 min read
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SIJO/MICRO PASSAGE
From September 12 - 16, 2023, our ILA Magazine Facebook Group challenged the poets to combine both a SIJO Poetry form (consisting of 3...

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Sep 21, 20233 min read
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Room With A View
Imagine stepping into a room that takes your breath away, especially if it's a window, terrace, in the confines of your home or in...

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Sep 21, 20235 min read
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POETIC SPRINKLINGS
From inspirational to the seasons, to flora and fauna or spiritual, Seema Sharma from India, covers it all in the six poems we've...

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Sep 16, 20234 min read
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A Half Dozen plus One
Featuring poetry by a most prolific bard, Sir SAI PRAKASH, from India, a collection of poetry (half dozen plus one), his poems chosen...

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Sep 16, 20234 min read
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Amer Al-Tayeb
"Untitled Poem" Translated by: ILA Magazine Editors English translation and original poem (without diacritics), featured. Departure...

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Sep 16, 20236 min read
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"Light Needs Darkness To Shine"
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...

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Sep 12, 20236 min read
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AN ENSEMBLE OF POETS
Recently, our guest editor, Mayyu Hamim, offered a prompt challenge to poets with the option of choosing one of ten prompts presented to...

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Sep 12, 20234 min read
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Book Feature:
"Yearlong Flames of Yearnings" Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Collaborating Authors: HARSH SHARMA and JACQUELINE VILLOSO-VENTO HARSH SHARMA is...

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Aug 29, 20233 min read
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Poetry of Anna Ferriero
Three poems featured by the poet, in both Italian (mother tongue) and English. ZELO D’AMORE Quel verso leopardiano che ispirò la sua...

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Aug 28, 20232 min read
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