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Adrian G R Scott

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From the latest episode of The Anxious Poet’s Podcast

“Welcome to episode 45 of The Anxious Poet’s Podcast. I’m Adrian Scott. I am The Anxious Poet.

And this episode is going to be a good slice of poetry, anxiety and vulnerability. I’m speaking to you from my new study in the new house. We have finally moved.

It’s been a year long process from, I was looking today. We had the offer accepted on this house I am now sitting in. Last September.

And we are now in. So it’s been a year long process. And I know people talk about first world problems and all of that.

On the other side of that scale is that everyone tells you that moving house is one of the top two or top three most stressful things you can do in your life. Well, they’re not wrong. We have finally completed!

it’s been a struggle. It’s been a real struggle.

And it’s great.”

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'Have you ever been plunged under the surface of your conscious life and found yourself
all at sea, not knowing what course to steer?'
- All At Sea, In A Night Sea Journey
'When will you be ready
to hear the voice
that has been speaking to you with a patient kindness
for some time now,
like birdsong as you wake?'
- When Will You Be Ready, Arriving in Magic
'I came back from High Easdale Tarn,
and my teacup was white like a new page'
- Easdale Tarn , A Night Sea Journey
'I often wonder what my face says as it stares out at the world. Is it begging a question of the returning gazes, asking who am I and where does my face fit?'
- My Face, Arriving in Magic
'And so, the ordinary continues to be the 
thing that is most dangerous, and the 
hundred-year-old memory that we banished'
- Sheffield In Lockdown, Soon to be published collection about Sheffield
'A space presents itself 
as the wind and the needled edge 
of the saguaro cactus, 
speak of the solitude 
that you bargain 
away for acquaintance'
- Aravaipa Canyon, Unpublished Poem
'What is acidic in you, that might turn sweet, 
yearning for delivery, to take first breath. 
Go into hard labour to birth it, It is there,
in the womb of you, aching to emerge'
- Last Testament, A Night Sea Journey