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Healing Haiti with poetry

By Poetry News

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Dr. Aurora Francois, a Haitian-American educator, began writing poetry as a way of coping with grief. She has now compiled a book of poems and a companion CD entitled A Beloved Daughter of Haiti. A portion of the proceeds from the book will go toward organizations involved in the relief effort.

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The theme of the book and CD is “Hope inspires in any language,” Francois said. The messages in the music and poetry would help bring healing to her native land.

Samples of three of the CD tracks can be heard on Francois’ website: We Shall Rise Again, The Optimist Child and A Special Prayer for Helping Hands.

Francois is the first Haitian-American principal in Palm Beach County, which, she said, was an asset in relating to the 300 children of Haitian descent – a third of the student population of her school, Barton Elementary, 1700 Barton Rd., Lake Worth.

She wrote poetry that was inspirational, lyrics from the soul that embody a sense of hope that a new Haiti would emerge. In all she composed 13 poems and melodies in 12 days after the earthquake.

2010-09-04

Posted in Poetry News on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 by Poetry News.