Jackpot! METRO's Poetry-in-Motion series is starting off with a hard act to follow. Poetress, writer, entertainer, & woman extraordinaire, Maya Angelou, sadly passed away last year. Ms. Angelou, awarded the Nat'l Medal of the Arts & Pres. Medal of Freedom & besotted with countless other well deserved honors, pays tribute to her beloved New Yorkers with her poem "Awaking in New York" which I spotted on today's subway:
Curtains forcing their will against the wind,
Children sleep, exchanging dreams with seraphim.
The city drags itself awake on subway straps; and
I, an alarm, awake as a rumor of war,
lie stretching into dawn, unasked and unheeded.
This beautiful poem captures the irrepressible New Yorker's spirit and optimism.
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