Recently on July 1st, 2022, we presented our usual Friday offering to ILA Facebook Group and the following were chosen/featured as "Best Entries" on our Blog. Portrait Work - Oil on Canvas by Imran Kashmiri of Pakistan: Artwork; Medium: Clay; Title "Enshrined Sculpture"
and poem titled : "Enshrined" by Nutan Sarawagi "Enshrined"

In the petals
of shrine
grows
a single flower
Shriveled shy
quivering beneath
the darkening sky
Withered dry
they die

© Nutan Sarawagi Oil Painting title: "Storm Convergence" by Artist Stephanie Fischer Oil Painting, resin: Title: "Immortality" by Artist Stephanie Fischer