Art made by Cille Vengberg
In this episode we explore the power of poetry and the thing about hope. This episode is a conversation with poet Tom Hirons. I first discovered Tom's poetry on Instagram and it has a certain way of grabbing me.
We discuss hope, Whiskey, fires, love and activism. Tune in to the beauty of Tom Hirons' inspiring words and ways in a World, with hope not fueled by optimism but love.
Known for ‘In the Meantime’ and ‘Once a wild God’ Tom writes in ways that brings you to far a way land and the earthly muddy ‘here’.
In this episode we touch on:
The impact of poetry
The reputation of poetry
Poetry as expression of soul
Poetry as activism
The power of poetry
The importance of love
Unexpected occurrences and hope
Whiskey and storytelling traditions
“ “poetry has a power to speak to things and open doors in us that the language of everyday conversation, or, you know, especially kind of political discourse, whatever, just doesn’t have””
Tom Hirons was born and raised on the Suffolk-Norfolk border in East Anglia, but lived in Scotland for almost twenty years before gravitating to Dartmoor in the Southwest of England. T
om has been storytelling publicly for over 15 years and writing for much longer.
He now teaches storytelling for Hedgespoken and has been known to mentor a writer or two.
