The Deep Shore
Welcome to The Deep Shore—a podcast that offers short, immersive episodes that seek to translate the soul of the living world through poetry and meditations.
These episodes are designed to act as companions throughout your day, offering a moment in time, dedicated to beauty, language, connection, and the often left-untended landscape of our inner worlds.
From poet and wilderness guide Helena Turner, The Deep Shore is an invitation to slow down and pay attention, to see clearly the nature of our own lives as mirrors of the world around us, to be willing to live and to feel.
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ROARING
This week on The Deep Shore—Roaring. This poem came from Roaring Beach on turrakana/tasman peninsula. It was so windy that day I couldn't stay down by the water for long and so I found a warm nook in the sand dunes to tuck mysel...
IF YOU WERE THE RIVER
This week on The Deep Shore—If You Were The River. This poem was written at the creek during the years I lived in a community in the Huon Valley in Southern Tasmania. I wrote many poems inspired by this little river and my growing rela...
ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
This week on The Deep Shore—All The Time In The World. This poem was written recently, in November 2025. It was the last day of a wilderness rite of passage program in Southern Tasmania that I facilitated with my dear friend Cat, whose...