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 flutes feature as the intro/outro to this podcast.

I wrote this poem to welcome back the brave humans who spent 4 days and 4 nights alone in the wilderness on a journey of remembering their true nature. It speaks to anyone who has traversed the many wildernesses that a life can encounter — grief, loss, pain, trauma, aloneness, depression and all other myriad ways we become unmoored from a sense of belonging — and the power of the force that brings us back to life again and again. What is that?

May you find solace in the reminder that you are welcomed here, Old One, and that someone or something is always looking back at you with eyes of love and recognition.

Words by Helena Turner.

Music by Cat Bednarski.

This week on The Deep Shore, I yearn to be water. This poem was written in a haven-of-a-home in Deep Bay, Southern Tasmania.

This poem is a love song to the uncontained yet steady power of the natural world, and how the elements we are in relationship with can represent traits that we as humans can long to feel, though at times feel so unattainable to embody in their purity and ancient origin.

How do we belong among these elements? Can we be in conversation with the other-than-human and hear the clarity of these voices in their own essence and simplicity?

Words by Helena Turner.

Music by Cat Bednarski.

This week on The Deep Shore, a poem of blessing. A poem to bless your life and bless your way.

This poem is inspired by John O'Donohue's 'Beannacht', which is the gaelic word for blessing.

The ocean soundscapes in this episode were recorded on wukaluwikiwayna (Maria Island) on the East Coast of Lutruwita, Tasmania, a place of deep remembering and heartache. May the spirit of the ocean touch your heart and bring a moment of peace to your day.

Words by Helena Turner.

Music by Cat Bednarski.