the anxious poet’s podcast

This is a selection of some of the best bits according to how many people downloaded it and the amount of positive feedback they received. They are from, in order, Episode 1, Episode 3, Episode 5, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 15 and Episode 19. Thanks again to Philippe Edwards, Patrick Ryan, Helen Mort and Ray Tonge. For more go to www.adriangrscott.com  

The poem quoted in the first half of the podcast  is by Rainer Maria Rilke it is in Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God - the opening lines are 'You are not surprised at the force of the storm'. Here is list of Adrian's Lessons Learned with the quotes from his poems. Lessons Learnt from my Breakdown Breathing Advice to Myself in Anxiety ‘Breathe slowly into this, Don’t run...

The poem Writing as Therapy at the beginning is from my collection - A Night Sea Journey available at Buy Here Simon's poems are copyright to him. If you want to hear more about his poetry you can email him here -  stjosephwinsford2012@hotmail.co.uk. He is parish Priest at St Joseph’s RC Church, Winsford, Cheshire.  

The poems used in this episode are - Sometimes by David Whyte (in Essentials) - No Such Thing As Right Or Wrong from The Call of the Unwritten - Accompaniment from Arriving In Magic - Christ Before the High Priest from Arriving In Magic - Thomas Wanted To See Nail Marks from A Night Sea Journey. All my books are available at https://adriangrscott.com/product-category/books/ You can view the painti...

The main book I reference in this episode is Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel. The artwork for this episode is taken from one of the wood engravings in the book by Ilya Schor. It really speaks to me of the way the workaday world holds us captive and the great promise of cessation and rest that the idea of sabbath offers. The first two poems I read are When Will You Be Ready and This Is All The Li...

The Poems used in this episode are Lara's Surgery from Arriving In Magic and Advice to Myself in Anxiety from A Night Sea Journey available to purchase at Books The Novel Lara reads from is Still Life by Sarah Winman Click Here for More  

The two poems that I shared Francis and the Crib at Greccio and Winter Drive Along The A66 will be available on my substack page The Anxious Poet's Substack The Kate Rusby song is from her album While Mortals Sleep Listen . The Phamie Gow version of Emily Dickinson's poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers can be heard here Listen . The article by Edward Kessler Jewish-Muslim dialogue: feeling the...

You can read a version of this Podcast at The Anxious Poet's Substack The Poem - You Stride On, My Son,  Ahead of Us, Up Enchanted Rock is in my book A Night Sea Journey available at www.adriangrscott.com The rest of the poem are on the Substack. The Native American Pipe Music is from R. Carlos Nakai - Canyon Trilogy. 

You can find the poems and photographs in this episode here   Adrian's Substack Page   The book quoted is The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M Marshall. 

Belden C Lane is Professor Emeritus of Theological Studies, American Religion, and History of Spirituality at St Louis University, He is author of Backpacking with the Saints, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes, and Ravished by Beauty. The poem he quotes is by Wendell Berry. It is called Our Real Work - It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we n...

This poem can be found in my first collection of the same name - The Call of the Unwritten. https://adriangrscott.com/product/the-call-of-the-unwritten/

The poems used are 'He sings a song of the younger world' as yet unpublished - Gabriel and There is No Such Thing As Right And Wrong from The Call of the Unwritten - The Lost Eden and The Tremor of Silk from A Night Sea Journey all available at www.adriangrscott.com The two books mentioned are The Call of the Wild by Jack London and Never Leave the Dog Behind by Helen Mort. 

The first poem is The force that through the green fuse drives the flower by Dylan Thomas. The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship by David Whyte is the book I referred to in this podcast. The story is from The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living by Joseph M. Marshall the 3rd from the chapter on humility. The next poem is We Find Each Other written for Patrick and Sarah...

The poems used in this podcast are Initiation from Arriving In Magic, You Stride On, My Son, Ahead of Us, Up Enchanted Rock from A Night Sea Journey, Speaking to Steel Workers about Rites of Passage, as yet unpublished, and Thomas Wanted to See Nail Marks from A Night Sea Journey. The piece about my Dad's experiences on the HMS Hermes is from a book called The Hermes Adventure. The final two piece...

Wishing everyone a happy Solstice, a merry Christmas, a safe journey through the dark time of the year. You can find the miner's hymn on any good music platform - it is called Gresford. With heartfelt thanks to Vicky Jones from the Woodhorn Colliery Museum and to Matt Carr my collaborator and friend on the Grim Up North Podcast. You can find the album Made in Sheffield that Andy Selman and I have...

The final episode of this autumn mini series. In it I explore the whole idea of the genius loci - the sense of place - for me that place of synchronicity is Sheffield. The incidental music is by my great friend Andy Selman. The books referred to are Desert Wisdom by Sushi Nomura, A Year with Thomas Merton Edited by Jonathan Montaldo, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, The Essential Jung - Selecte...

The incidental music is by my great friend Andy Selman. The books referred to are Desert Wisdom by Sushi Nomura, A Year with Thomas Merton Edited by Jonathan Montaldo, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, The Essential Jung - Selected Writings by Jonathan Storr. The first volume of my poetry - A Night Sea Journey is available on my website. You can also find some of the works quoted in this episode...

The incidental music is by my great friend Andy Selman. The books referred to are Desert Wisdom by Sushi Nomura, A Year with Thomas Merton Edited by Jonathan Montaldo, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, The Essential Jung - Selected Writings by Jonathan Storr. The first volume of my poetry - Arriving In Magic is available on my website. You can also find some of the works quoted in this episode a...

The incidental music is by my great friend Andy Selman. The books referred to are Desert Wisdom by Sushi Nomura, A Year with Thomas Merton Edited by Jonathan Montaldo, A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver, The Essential Jung - Selected Writings by Jonathan Storr. The first volume of my poetry - the Call of the Unwritten is available on my website. You can also find some of the works quoted in this e...

The two poems used are Visiting Shawbost and Evacuee from Arriving in Magic. It can be purchased at www.adriangrscott.com Here is Eva's Spotlight page  https://www.spotlight.com/2695-6754-9782  

The Wordsworth extract is from The Prelude Book 4. My poem is to be found on my website www.adriangrscott.com   Thanks to Andy Selman for the incidental music. 

There will be excerpts from the cycle of poems entitled 'Some Canvasses' on my website www.adriangrscott.com   The poem 'What shall I do with the body i've been given' i from Osip Mandelshtam - Selected Poems - Penguin Modern Classics. Other great poetry can be read in the 'Four of Us - Pasternak, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelshtam'. If you want to read Doctor Zhivago there are some great versions,...

The poems and prose used in this podcast are as follows. Digging and A Kite for Michael and Christopher by Seamus Heaney, Thank You for Waiting by Simon Armitage, The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell. My poems were The Pond from Arriving in Magic, Sedition from A Night Sea Journey these can viewed or the books purchased at www.adriangrscott.com

The book I have been reading is The Winter Solstice by John Matthews. The poem Sweet Darkness by David Whyte and its commentary can be read in David Whyte Essentials available at https://davidwhyte.com  My poems were The Circle from Arriving In Magic, Taking Stock from The Call of the Unwritten, The Belly Of the Year from A Night Sea Journey, There is One Thing Necessary from The Call of the Unwri...

The Poems in this Podcast are Moon Madness from The Call of the Unwritten, This Thing of Darkness from A Night Sea Journey, Married Again and Blossom from Arriving in Magic. The Story is Dream Boy and Shadow Man from A Night Sea Journey. The book by Carl Jung is The Undiscovered Self. To purchase my work go to www.adriangrscott.com