🎙 In the Voice of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
📝 Pity the Nation: Then, Now, and Beyond
“This poem was mine.
But the grief it carries, the vision it dreams—
it’s yours now.”
In 2007, Lawrence Ferlinghetti gave us Pity the Nation—a haunting reflection on the state of America. Today, his words echo louder than ever.
This new short film brings his spirit back to life. Not as nostalgia. Not as literature.
But as a field report from the conscience of a poet watching the algorithm age unfold.
🎧 Ferlinghetti’s voice rises again:
🔹 Against intellectual passivity
🔹 Against consumer trance and curated ignorance
🔹 For radical thought, emotional clarity, and civic imagination
“Poetry can’t be monetized.
It refuses brevity.
It lingers long after the headline fades.”
🕊 Don’t just pity the nation. Awaken it.
💥 Watch. Listen. Share. Speak.
📘 Inspired by “Pity the Nation” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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