Not Poetry, Please...Scribbles Ft. Ryan "Mesentire" Cuthbert

Cool Gray in Studio A

Ryan Cuthbert is an ordinary guy. He lives in the UK and works as a control room operator on an oil rig in the North Sea. But, when you peek behind the curtain, Ryan is really far from ordinary. He’s been expressing himself in written rhyme for most of his life, but please don’t call him a poet. The internet has come to know him by his nom de plume, Mesentire, and that fellow prefers the term, “scribbler.” Mesentire made his online debut in 2017 with a Facebook page on which he has regularly shared his scribbles. Since then, he has gained a steady following and today that page has 49,000 followers. His second book, “To talk to yourself is madness, to write to yourself is therapy,” was released in 2022. Ryan prefers the attention be focused on his writing and tends to shy away from the spotlight. He told me more than once that he wasn’t at all sure he was the sort of person that would make a good podcast guest, but we had a fascinating conversation.

In addition to writing his own scribbles, publishing them on his Facebook page and collecting them in books, Ryan also welcomes interaction and feedback from his followers. He’ll even create a custom, personalized poem for you if you tell him your story in enough detail for him to feel what you’re feeling. Online poetry and inspirational memes are trendy enough these days, but Ryan takes things to the next level with this intimate way of engaging with his fans.

For more details about this episode and my personal thoughts about this conversation, please visit the companion blog for this episode on my website. There’s a link below.

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Join the Mesentire Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/mesentire
Buy the Mesentire book here: https://a.co/d/0QeUtyb
The rest of Mesentire’s Links are here: https://linktr.ee/mesentire

This episode’s parting thought is comprised of one reading from Mesentire’s collection (untitled) and one reading from Lynn Erhorn (Cool Gray), titled, “The Mourning Jar.” The authors retain all rights to these original works.

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Cool Gray in Studio A is an interview podcast that offers interesting conversations with interesting people on a wide variety of topics in hopes of inspiring deeper thought. Some of Cool Gray’s favorite topics are the arts, health and wellness, the paranormal, theoretical physics, and the mysteries of consciousness and the mind. Episodes release every 2 weeks on Thursdays. Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch the full video version on my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/coolgraystudios/.
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Music Credits

Opening Theme: “Busy City,” by Track Tribe from Epidemic Sound

End Title: “Walk Through the Park,” by Track Tribe from Epidemic Sound