Post 18: Poetry and Imagery

Ruth Foreman evoked vivid pictures of the inner city life with the imagery she provided in her poem "Poetry Should Ride the Bus". I lived in Brooklyn for part of my youth, and related to the things described such as, "for all the fine young men with fades shootin craps around the corner", and "n hold your hand when you walk past the yellow crackhouse". These lines took me back to the days on the block of East 55th Street in East Flatbush.
Poetry and music can use imagery to enhance your past or present experiences. It may even help you visualize your hopes and dreams as you would like them to be. Jill Scott makes you picture an ideal date with the right person with her song A Long Walk.

Or maybe we can see a movie
Or maybe we can see a play on Saturday (Saturday)
Or maybe we can roll a tree and feel the breeze and listen to a symphony
Or maybe chill and just be, or maybe
Maybe we can take a cruise and listen to the Roots or maybe eat some passion fruit
Or maybe cry to the blues
Or maybe we could just be silent
Come on, Come on