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Jan 2025
59m 56s

Poet for the People | Joshua Luke Smith

Great Lakes Outreach
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From angelic assistance amidst landslides in Pakistan to experiencing the purist worship amidst Boko Haram victims in Northern Nigeria, Josh has stories galore of the profound power of poetry for prisoners and politicians and everyone in between.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pJKUgQnlMuk

Connect with Josh at joshualukesmith.com

This TEDx talk is so inspiring: youtube.com/watch?v=gsRe1Slr92A

Watch ‘We are Free When we Forget Ourselves’: youtube.com/watch?v=VjWxkUEJkqs

Original clip taken from ARC Conference with permission of artist: youtu.be/eEbtrremhOk

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