Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

A writers second greatest weapon, next to his pen is his imagination. Without it, words are only 2 dimensional scribbles, but with it he can create almost a silent movie in the minds of readers as they read his work. In the poem "Mr. Fear" by Lawrence Raab, it is striking how Raab injects his own imagination into the word by creating a human figure to be the essence of a feeling. The whole poem including the title, is about creating the story of this "person". Through out the context of the poem "Mr. Fear", the essence of "Mr. Fear" walks through the stanzas as the reader imagines this dark cloaked looming figure. It takes imagination to create a character that is Fear, from both the reader and the author, it is a powerful source of thought that can transform a piece of writing. The story of how Fear interacts and is seen by his victims is an iteresting one, the way the victim is almost pleading with the cloaked feeling is something that provoked my imagination, by creating the scene in my head.