The meadow by the airport is just like any other grassland beneath the empyreal blue that offers late afternoons of sprawling blades of green dappled by gentle sunlight — except for the intermittent intrusion of a thundering airborne machine and its passing shadow. The metal carrier's soar or descent breaks the silence and solemnity of the moment. But oftentimes, it is absent. Sometimes, it’s just a purple kite steadying itself high above, or a carefree sparrow in flight and song.
Karlo Sevilla of Quezon City, Philippines authored the full-length poetry collection, "Metro Manila Mammal" (Soma Publishing, 2018), and two chapbooks. Recognized among the Best of Kitaab 2018 and shortlisted for the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2021, his poems appear in Philippines Graphic, Protean, DIAGRAM, Matter, Black Bough Poetry, Small Orange, Eclectica, and elsewhere.
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