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Poet, Priest, Life Fellow of Girton College
But when these three arrive they bring us with them, Gentiles like us, their wisdom might be ours; A steady step that finds an inner rhythm, A pilgrim’s eye that sees beyond the stars
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A Sonnet for Epiphany
these three arrive and bring us with themThe Feast of the Epiphany falls on the 6th of January. Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the three wise men at the manger in Bethlehem has a special m…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/a-sonnet-for-epiphany-13/
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Here's a special Christmas episode from my forthcoming epic Merlin's Isle: An Arthuriad
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Arthur’s Christmas
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/yt7Nkov7xk4
8 days ago
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We think of him as safe beneath the steeple, Or cosy in a crib beside the font, But he is with a million displaced people On the long road of weariness and want.
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The Holy Innocents (Refugee)
The poem from my Anthology Waiting on the Word reflects on the fact that today, the fourth day of Christmas, is the feast day of the Holy Innocents. It is the day the Church remembers the story, to…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/the-holy-innocents-refugee-11/
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For our Christmas eve Spell in the Library GK Chesterton meets Father Christmas!
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GK Chesterton on Father Christmas!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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14 days ago
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for tonight's Spell in the Library I read you a couple of classic John Masefield poems from his Saltwater Ballads
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Two gems by John Masefield
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/33bWO8BAUJ0
22 days ago
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Here's the link again to the trailer for the Documentary on Merlin's Isle. the good news is that for 24 hours from *:30pm GMT on the 17th members of my youtube channel can preview the full film before its release next year!
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A film about Merlin's Isle!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/WFhri68y4D0
23 days ago
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For tonight's Spell in the Library I tell you about the documentary that's being made about my forthcoming epic Merlin's Isle, and show you the Trailer!
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A film about Merlin's Isle!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/WFhri68y4D0
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My author copy of Wardrobes and Rings has arrived! In this Spell in the Library I read you an extract
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From ‘Wardrobes and Rings’ my new book about the Inklings
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Time for this lovely book by
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to come off the shelf once more. The 1st reading is the beautiful Advent Sunday by Christina Rossetti
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Happy to let my UK readers know that tickets are now available for 'Merlin's Isle: A journey in Words and Music' at the beautiful Temple church in London Feb 17th. There should also be advance copies of the book itself available!
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Canterbury Press Events
https://canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
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So I give thanks for our deep coinherence Inwoven in the web of God’s own grace… I thank him for the truth behind appearance, I thank him for his light in every face, I thank him for you all, with every breath.
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Thanksgiving: a sonnet
There is no feast of Thanksgiving in either the British national or church calendars, but it seems to me a good thing for any nation to set aside a day for the gratitude which is in truth the root …
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/thanksgiving-a-sonnet-12/
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For tonight's Spell in the Library you catch up with me in a beautiful library in Romania!
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Reading in Romania!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/plV-4dvvFOY
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Called to a conflict and a clash of cultures, Where insults flew whilst synod was in session, You had the gift to find the gift in others, A woman’s wisdom, deftness and discretion
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Hilda and Caedmon
Hilda of WhitbyWe have come to the feast day of Abess Hilda of Whitby. Saint Hilda was great leader of the Church in England and the first patron of English Christian poetry. She also presided…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/hilda-and-caedmon-7/
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For tonight's Spell in the Library I return home to my little study and read and reflect on the account of Bilbo's homecoming at the end of The Hobbit
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Home again with Bilbo!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/Nf-oFmoSiu0
about 2 months ago
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Melancholy can be a source of wisdom,
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Melancholy can be a source of wisdom, Malcolm Guite reflects
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The Wonder of Tolkien
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The world is enchanted and filled with meaning - and few people have helped me see this in a deeper way than
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! This was one of my favorite conversations; filled with thoughts on Tolkien, Lewis and this wild life. Enjoy!
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Malcom Guite on enchantment and imagination.
YouTube video by The Wonder of Tolkien
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For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me reading George Herbert in Missouri!
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George Herbert’s ‘Prayer’ and some poems inspired by it!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/trDX1-0ekTE
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The dark is bright With quiet lives and steady lights undimmed, The witness of the ones we shunned and shamed. Plain in our sight and far beyond our seeing He weaves them with us in the web of being
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All Hallow’s Eve; a sonnet of reclamation
The dark is bright with quiet lives and steady lights undimmedHalloween seems to be creeping up on Christmas in the crass commercialism stakes, even here in England, where the tradition is less str…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/all-hallows-eve-a-sonnet-of-reclamation-11/
2 months ago
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Though Satan breaks our dark glass into shards Each shard still shines with Christ’s reflected light, It glances from the eyes, kindles the words Of all his unknown saints.
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All Hallow’s Eve; a sonnet of reclamation
The dark is bright with quiet lives and steady lights undimmedHalloween seems to be creeping up on Christmas in the crass commercialism stakes, even here in England, where the tradition is less str…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/all-hallows-eve-a-sonnet-of-reclamation-11/
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For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me in Winnipeg dipping into Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle"!
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A touch of Tolkien in Manitoba
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/dyeydCpBp88
2 months ago
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Today’s Soell in the Library is a magic encounter in a bookshop in Tennessee Two new pipes and a touch of Galahad in Tennessee!
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Two new pipes and a touch of Galahad in Tennessee!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/WJEnpJueEYs
3 months ago
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Luke is the living pillar of our healing, A lowly ox, the servant of the four, We turn his page to find his face revealing The wonder, and the welcome of the poor. https:
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A Sonnet for St. Luke’s Day
St. Luke accompanied by his ‘creature’ the winged oxThe 18th of October, is the feast day of St. Luke the Physician and Evangelist, and so I am reposting this sonnet in his honour. This…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a-sonnet-for-st-lukes-day-8/
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His gospel is itself a living creature A ground and glory round the throne of God, Where earth and heaven breathe through human nature And One upon the throne sees it is good.
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A Sonnet for St. Luke’s Day
St. Luke accompanied by his ‘creature’ the winged oxThe 18th of October, is the feast day of St. Luke the Physician and Evangelist, and so I am reposting this sonnet in his honour. This…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a-sonnet-for-st-lukes-day-8/
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- Malcolm Guite I can vividly remember being read The Hobbit in Junior School; I think it contributed to my fertile imagination. This is a superb reading of a chunk by Malcolm Guite.
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Bilbo finds the ring!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/KBsKDqZh5nA?si=SThrXaGio344Qdgz
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Poet's Corner
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and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
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I recently did a podcast for the Canadian Bible Society. Here's the link
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Season 11: Episode 4 | Malcolm Guite | What if Creativity Could Kindle the Imagination for Christ?
Watch/listen to Malcolm Guite, English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest & academic, being interviewed by Rev. Dr. Andrew Stirling.
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For tonight's spell in the Library I read from Balke's Songs of Innocence and Experience in the King's School Library in Ely
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A little Blake in Ely!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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3 months ago
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Francis rebuild my church which, as you see Is falling into ruin.’ From the cross Your saviour spoke to you and speaks to us Again through you.
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A Sonnet for St. Francis
St. Francis Day falls on the 4th of October so I thought I would repost this sonnet which reflects the way Francis responded to Christ’s call by casting away the rich trappings he had inherit…
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/a-sonnet-for-st-francis-12/
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Poet's Corner
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and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way
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Archangel bring your balance, help me turn Upon this turning world with you and dance In the Great Dance. Draw near, help me discern, And trace the hidden grace in change and chance.
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Michaelmas: a sonnet for St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael at Mont St. Michell -photo by Margot Krebs NealeThe end of September brings us to the feast of St. Michael and All Angels which is known as Michaelmas in England, and this first autumn …
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/michaelmas-a-sonnet-for-st-michael-the-archangel-14/
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Michaelmas gales assail the waning year, And Michael’s scale is true, his blade is bright. He strips dead leaves; and leaves the living clear To flourish in the touch and reach of light.
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Michaelmas: a sonnet for St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael at Mont St. Michell -photo by Margot Krebs NealeThe end of September brings us to the feast of St. Michael and All Angels which is known as Michaelmas in England, and this first autumn …
https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/michaelmas-a-sonnet-for-st-michael-the-archangel-14/
3 months ago
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In today’s Spell in the Library you find me happily brandishing the galley proofs/advance reader copy of Galahad and the Grail! The Advance Reader Copy of Galahad arrives!
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The Advance Reader Copy of Galahad arrives!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
https://youtu.be/Q1hRHreUCGg
3 months ago
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Poet's Corner
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sees a comic opera in the ruins of an old priory church
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
THE other evening, Maggie and I went to Binham Priory to see, of all things, a production of Ruddigore, set amid the ruins. It was an unlikely combination of two pleasures so distinct that one might have thought them mutually exclusive. One of the...
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A farmer’s woes bring to
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
A farmer’s woes bring to Malcolm Guite’s mind some prescient Shakespeare
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Turns out my new book is a bit bigger than I expected!
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The Best Morning Prayer Ever: “Just Begin.” “Not to be worked for, nor another task, But love that’s lavished on us, full and free, Course after course of hospitality… He paid the price before we reached the inn. And all he asks of us is to begin.” --
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"After Prayer"
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For tonight's Spell in the Library I read you an autumnal poem of my own!
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‘And is it not Enough? My own Autumn poem
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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4 months ago
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Poet's Corner
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, like T. S. Eliot, savours the musical effects of words
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite, like T. S. Eliot, savours the musical effects of words
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if you're in Wales in October you might enjoy this.
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looking forward to these Canadian gigs with Steve Bell!
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THIS FALL: "The Bell & The Bard" - Steve Bell & Malcolm Guite In Concert!
YouTube video by The Steve Bell YouTube Channel
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4 months ago
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For tonight's Spell in the Library I read you Keats's Ode to Autumn, surely one of the most perfect poems ever written!
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Keats’s Ode to Autumn
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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4 months ago
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Poet's Corner
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attends one of north Norfolk’s celebrated agricultural shows
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite attends one of north Norfolk’s celebrated agricultural shows
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for tonight's Spell in the Library we visit the Houses of Healing in Tolkien's Return of the King
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In the Houses of Healing
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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4 months ago
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For this evening’s Spell in the Library I read you a new section of my ongoing Arthurian poetry Lancelot and the Chapel Perilous
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Lancelot and the Chapel Perilous
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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for tonight's Spell in the Library I share with you some of the material I'm working on for the event on the poetry of the psalms which I'll be speaking at in York on Oct.2nd
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The poetry of the psalms
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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5 months ago
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enjoys the blessings of a little idleness — holy leisure — in August
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite enjoys the blessings of a little idleness — holy leisure — in August
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for tonight's Spell in the Library we eavesdrop on a conversation with Gandalf that changed Frodo's life!
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The Shadow of the Past: another little reflection on Tolkien
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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very much looking forward to speaking in York, alongside Artist Roger Wagner for this day on the psalms
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Finding inspiration in the Psalms : a Church Times one day festival
The Church Times
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For that one moment, ‘in and out of time’, On that one mountain where all moments meet, The daily veil that covers the sublime In darkling glass fell dazzled at his feet.
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A Sonnet on the Transfiguration
I return to my series of sonnets ‘Sounding the Seasons’ of the Church’s year, to share a sonnet about the Transfiguration, when we remember how the disciples, even before they wen…
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”…the Blakean insights that Vernon sets out so lucidly in this book are prophetic for our own age… he unveils the deeper powers at work and shows us a way out.” Thanks
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Book review: Awake!: William Blake and the power of the imagination by Mark Vernon
Malcolm Guite reviews an analysis that takes the poet at his word
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