Afternoon Catch
On his boat, fisherman-spider
casts his net-gossamer
into the sea —
midair it opens as a black veil,
blooms into a jellyfish bell
in soft descent.
Karlo Sevilla
Karlo Sevilla of Quezon City, Philippines authored a full-length poetry collection, “Metro Manila Mammal” (Soma Publishing, 2018), and two chapbooks. Twice nominated for the Best of the Net, his poems appear or are forthcoming in Philippines Graphic, DIAGRAM, Small Orange, Eclectica, Black Bough Poetry, Matter, Radius, Better Than Starbucks, and elsewhere.