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The Anxious Poet is a podcast looking at anxiety and mental health issues through the medium of poetry.

the anxious poet’s podcast Adrian G R Scott

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The Anxious Poet is a podcast looking at anxiety and mental health issues through the medium of poetry.

    Episode 36 - The Sacred Question

    Episode 36 - The Sacred Question

    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 painting mentioned 'Christ Before the High Priest by Honthorst on the National Gallery Website https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gerrit-van-honthorst-christ-before-the-high-priest
    You can purchase the book The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics) on Amazon or any good bookshop. 
     
     

    • 57 min
    Episode 35 - Sabbath

    Episode 35 - Sabbath

    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 Life You Have from Arriving in Magic. Purchasable at www.adriangrscott.com . The last one - A Moment In Each Day is from A Sheffield Traipsing that will be available on my website from the 15th of March. This is the day of my Book Launch and if you are in Sheffield and want to join me - it will be at 7pm at the Kelham Island Museum ( more details on my website). To book a ticket click here - https://www.wegottickets.com/event/609358 

    • 57 min
    Living Our Own Story with Lara Scott

    Living Our Own Story with Lara Scott

    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 

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Christmas Podcast - ’Citizens of a Wintry Heaven’

    Christmas Podcast - ’Citizens of a Wintry Heaven’

    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 other’s pain can be found in the Tablet - 7th December 2023. The book by Zambia Malik is called We Are Muslim's Please.  Have a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Adrian x 

    • 49 min
    Episode 32 - An American Odyssey - Part Two

    Episode 32 - An American Odyssey - Part Two

    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. 

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Episode 31 - An American Odyssey - Part One

    Episode 31 - An American Odyssey - Part One

    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. 

    • 44 min

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Poetry’s Relevance to Everyday Existence

If ever wondered about the poetry’s value to everyday existence, this podcast provides numerous concrete examples, especially around the issue of anxiety.

Highly recommended. It will change your outlook and approach to your life.

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