The Homeless Street Poet, street portrait (Bath, England)

This man told me his name is Tom. He sells poems on the streets of Bath for £3 each.

His sign by him says: "Please spare any change or buy a poem £3. Hot food welcome, thank you."

I asked if they were his own poems (they are handwritten to look as if they are) and he said that yes, they were.

His sign did not say he was homeless but there was an implication by his "spare any change... hot food welcome" sign that he may be. I asked if was homeless and he said he was currently couch surfing.

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THIS IS my second shot of Tom who is STRANGER NUMBER #04 in my 100 strangers project collection. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

You can now see a shot of hm in situ with his poems here: www.flickr.com/photos/sophiethesax/52705501089/in/photost...

Taken in: UK / England / Bath (show map)

Taken on: February 22, 2023

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