Listen to this episode if you’re interested in Séamus’ personal journey towards sobriety and the role that writing played in it, the British cultural relationship with alcohol, the process of becoming a spoken word poet, writing and publishing No Homeless Problem and other poems by going to various Emmaus communities, and the role poetry has in personal and social change.
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CREDITS: Poetry To Your Eears is an independent podcast co-hosted and co-produced by Tom O’Dwyer and Éloïse Armary. The episode was recorded on in Blue Dot Studios in March 2023. The soundtrack is ‘Dans la peau’ by Circus Marcus and the art cover is by Charlotte Gray - @grayglues.
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29 - Séamus Fox