Description

No Homeless Problem is a collection of poems that invites the reader to understand the issues surrounding homelessness, including the spiral into homelessness and the reality of living on the street. Irish writer Séamus Fox has battled alcoholism and experienced homelessness himself. In this book he articulates the honest, disturbing and often enlightening view of homelessness, based on the experiences of 44 individuals. Séamus came to understand the social and human injustices that result in so many people finding themselves living on the streets. After becoming homeless himself, he found Emmaus. Emmaus supports formerly homeless people by providing a home and meaningful work in one of their social enterprises.Emmaus helped Séamus change his life for the better. He comments, “I wrote this book because I want people who have never been homeless or who have never known homeless people to search in their souls for shreds of compassion.” This powerful collection of poetry has allowed individuals to voice the struggles that hundreds of homeless people face daily.•Thought-provoking and educational poetry. •An insight into the struggle of homelessness that many of us may not understand or imagine. •Explores how different people may become homeless and how they attempt to survive living on the street. •Gives an insight into the importance of things that seem insignificant to many but hugely important to the few.