Freedom's Song of Sorrow

I was inspired to write the poem, "Freedom's Song of Sorrow", by the violent and tragic murders of black men in our nation following July 4th -- brutal murders of police, culminating with the violence in the world with the Bastille Day terrorist massacre in Nice, France.

The poem actually began in the 1990's when I wrote the poem, "America's Children are Singing", inspired by Walt Whitman's poem, "I Hear America Singing", and my witnessing abuse and neglect of young children whom I cared for in my role as a child psychiatrist in Newark, NJ. That poem became the benediction to the 1997 New Jersey Share Our Strength Literary Fundraiser.

Now decades later, I included phrases on childhood from this original poem into "Freedom's Song of Sorrow". In the first 48 hours of Facebook posting, Freedom's Song of Sorrow has been viewed 660 times. The world is in need of healing from its brutality and endless violence. The poem speaks to that hurt. Creative outreach through poetry and music and visual imagery can reach into hearts and minds. Please share Freedom's Song of Sorrow wherever it may do good.

Freedom's Song of Sorrow ~ Actors: Nathalie Holmes, Slavko, Dejan, Viola, Suncica, Kieran Parry, Mariana Castro, Matty Rich, and Kalea. Videographers: Adam McInnis, Dragana Selakovic, Thomas Howitt. Locations: Austin Texas, Costa Rica, London, Serbia, and Wales. 

Please see www.artsmedicineforhealthandhealing.com to learn more. 

Thank you!