Gil Scott Heron (may he rest in peace) takes us on a poetic journey to consider what good poetry is or is not.
Mainstream poetry has long been defined by the ruling cultural elites as superior. Even if you could not understand it. You just were not 'sophisticated' enough.
Heron challenges us to consider how street poetry goes against the 'intellectual' grain and is more relevant to the lives of people in his community.
He gives some examples.
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