Curious, I then asked Father which bird sang so gaily ...
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
JERIC TINDOY OLAY is a teacher and poet born in Southern Leyte, a small province in the Philippines. The life and plight of local farmers
have become perennial subjects of most of his poems. His works have been published in both local and foreign magazines. His poem
鈥淧rovisions鈥 found a home in the fall issue of Queen鈥檚 Quarterly. He also writes opinion essays, many of which have appeared in his
country鈥檚 newspapers. He likes to call himself a 鈥渂arrio鈥 poet.