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AN INSTANT CULT CLASSIC! — From Ralph A. World, award winning poet, visionary filmmaker behind critically acclaimed coming of age "Boston to Philly" and long time activist, who's built a legend where his original literature is viewed by the world as both a personal statement and work of art, comes his debut poetry collection, A Toast to Life.
The intimate collection spans through various stages of adolescence with musings and intimate moments derived from life’s brief instances of respite, spoken from inside the mind of a bright eyed, young black boy with much to learn. With every turn of the page and colorful description of seasons passing, the literature evolves, progresses and manifests to a new found perspective of young adulthood in the working class experiencing life’s highs and lows far too fast.
Ralph’s creativity and immense talent is on full display as he strikingly paints vivid imagery with original tales and ballads providing controversial social commentary on many key issues impacting the world today.
“Let Them Eat Cake,” a war cry against classism. “The Drunk Slave,” a darkly beautiful homage to the time of negro spirituals and the struggles endured. “A Jewish Man,” a tale set during the Holocaust and “Black Power,” a spoken word gospel honoring the civil rights era and the new Gen Z era of revolution. These and many more are all key highlights which solidifies the complete multi-dimensional body of work A Toast to Life truly is. Ralph A. World sharply writes about these triggering and emotionally difficult subject matters with such subtle nuance, flirtation and grace, that an unfamiliar truth is delivered in each poem that leaves you needing the time and space to process what you’ve just read. Every line is poignant, feels genuine and evokes deep emotion & reflection.
You will laugh and cry, you will be left in a state of pondering in deep thought, you will scream along in synchrony and be put to ease with lustful and romantic imagination that innocently soothes the soul. You will experience life with each poem read and you will toast to it.
