It starts with the really good image of a young black girl saying boo to a car full of white people. It’s the kind of lyrical moment that is so easy to apprehend on the radio. It’s the kind of thing that gives you hope for the difficult proposition of getting poetry to work over the airwaves. In general, I think poetry for the radio works best when there’s more of a conversational quality to it, and less gravitas. With “The Fire This Time,” the smaller, human moments pull you in, and that’s most welcome.