The serendipitous uncovering of poetry, & artwork on the MTA has revealed another glorious gem of poetry by Kevin Young (b. '70. It is paired with Raul Colon's celebratory, colorful illustration.
Young's poem touches on love, life's simple pleasures and contentment. He is an Amer. poet & prof. of poetry. His easy yet stirring poem, Ragtime, possess a melting lyricism:
I like hot food,
I love you,
like warm
bread & cold
cuts, butter
sammiches
or days later, after
Thanksgiving
when I want
whatever's left.
Raul Colon's colorful watercolor of 2 people embraced in dance with eyes closed along the seaside captures the subdued gaiety the poem evokes. Colon (Amer. b. '52) moved with his family to Puerto Rico in the 60's and now resides in NY. He is an award winning illustrator whose textured watercolors hold golden undertones that radiate warmth.
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