the anxious poet’s podcast

Mini Poemcast - Under the Skin of a Long Day

The poem can be found in A Night Sea Journey - available to buy at www.adriangrscott.com along with my Latest album in collaboration with Andy Selman called Made In Sheffield 

Episode 20 - Made In Sheffield

The album Made In Sheffield can be streamed on Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/made-in-sheffield/1566765813 or Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5DJlxhG5Oiz59kKK8Q4fy2 

More information about the poems and the album are to be found at www.adriangrscott.com David Whyte's poem The House of Belonging can be found at https://davidwhyte.com 

Episode 19 - Invoke the lesson of every suffering - A Conversation with Ray Tonge

Ray is an Integrative  psychotherapist working in Rathmines Co. Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. He can be found at https://awarenesscounselling.ie/ray-tonge-counsellor 

The Poem used is by John O'Donohue and can be punt in his brilliant book Benedictus and can purchased at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Benedictus-Book-Blessings-John-ODonohue/dp/0593058623/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= it is also available from other booksellers. 

 

The poems by Adrian are Writing as Therapy and Don't Recover Too Soon from A Night Sea Journey available at www.adriangrscott.com 

 

Episode18 The Life Affirming Glory Of Enormous Trees - Turning 60

The Poems used in this podcast are Poem in October by Dylan Thomas, The Boy Within from The Call of the Unwritten, Arriving In Magic from the collection of the same name, A Raven in my Sleep (as yet unpublished), you can find it on the front page of my website though, Advice to Myself in Anxiety from A Night Sea Journey, A Bigger Picture from Arriving in Magic and finally Birdsong on Long Line (as yet unpublished). You can donate to my birthday appeal at https://www.facebook.com/donate/1737114909826153/ and you can find more about my writing at www.adriangrscott.com 

Martins in the Eves - A Mini Poemcast

Martins in the Eves is, as yet unpublished, you can obtain a copy from Adrian - contact him through his website www.adriangrscott.com 

The music is by Andy Selman 

Episode Seventeen - The Beautiful Ordinariness of Love

In this episode the Anxious Poet looks at the phenomenon of family and what we inherit from them, especially our parents. He explores how it is up to us to appreciate just what has been passed on to us both in terms of our character and how the events of our parents lives shaped them and in turn shape us. The poems used are 'A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London' by Dylan Thomas. The other are all by Adrian - Evacuee from Arriving in Magic, My Daughter Acting from A Night Sea Journey,  From the Medals of My Father from The Call of the Unwritten, and Two Photographs from A Night Sea Journey. The Cover Photo is from his parents on their wedding day. To purchase any of Adrians work go to www.adriangrscott.com 

Episode 16 - Antiphons, Cribs & Shadows

The first piece of music is by Enya from her 2008 And Winter Came Album. The first poem The Crib at Greccio is, as yet unpublished. The final poem Tofts Lane can be seen with all the others in my Exhibition - A Sheffield Advent at https://www.whirlowspiritualitycentre.org/a-sheffield-advent you can also view the film I made for the exhibition there too. 

Thanks again to Andy Selman for the musical the end and to my daughter Eva Scott for reading the Advent Blessing.

All other info can be found at www.adriangrscott.com 

Mini Poemcast - Arriving in Magic

This poem can be found in an earlier version in Adrian's book Arriving in Magic. If you want to see the version used in this podcast go to Adrian's Blog at www.adriangrscott.com 

Episode 15 - The Frontier In Our Lives

Aravaipa Canyon - the poem used in this Podcast is as yet unpublished. If you want a copy you can contact Adrian through his website www.adriangrscott.com  See https://aravaiparanch.com for more about the ranch and the canyon. The directors cut of Dances With Wolves is available on DVD as a three disc special edition. For more on Animals in dreams and as symbols see Barbara Hannah The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals and The Cat, Dog and Horse Lectures. 

Mini Poemcast - This is Sheffield

This piece comes from a collection I am writing about my life and experience of the city of Sheffield. I hope to publish this in 2021 alongside a series of photographs. The music is by Andy Selman. The article mentioned can be found at https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/21/tragic-story-of-sheffield-park-hill-bridge The production of Standing at the Sky's Edge was at the Crucible and they are hoping to reprise it in November. https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/standing-at-the-skys-edge-1 

Mini Poemcast - This Is All The Life You Have

This poem is taken from my collection entitled Arriving In Magic and is available on Amazon or from my website adriangrscott.com 

Thanks to Andy Selman for the musical accompaniment. 

Episode 14 - Fiona Watson - A Mindful Conversation

Fiona Watson is a Mindfulness Practitioner in Sheffield. You can find more about her at http://www.fionawatsonmindfulness.com The poems used are Easdale Tarn from A Night Sea Journey, Haste from Arriving in Magic, www.adriangrscott.com The Wendell Berry Poem is called The Peace of Wild Things and can be found in his selected poems. Many thanks to Fiona for joining me. The conversation was recorded on Zoom so apologies for the quality.