# Poetry as a tool for transformation. A conversation with Josiane Smith

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Podcast: [The Realisation Festival Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015)
Published: 2025-04-29T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418827/episodes/17063936-poetry-as-a-tool-for-transformation-a-conversation-with-josiane-smith.mp3
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## Resource

What good is a poem? How might poetry be a tool for transformation, both personally and collectively? And how does poetry help us to better understand the spirit of our times? In this conversation, Mark Vernon and Josiane Smith explore the ways in which poetry goes beyond 'the poem', towards a more soulful way of living; engaging more deeply with the forces of nature and change all around. It can be used in surprising places to console and challenge, it can be a catalyst for our dreams ...

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