Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
Poet, Priest, Life Fellow of Girton College
Beginning here we glimpse the Three-in-one;
The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Sprit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
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The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Sprit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/t...
The First Sunday of Epiphany -Jesus’ Baptism
The dove descends, the spirit soars and singsThe season of Epiphany is an invitation to reflect on the many little ‘epiphanies’, glimpses of how things really are, which are vouchsafed …
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January 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Beginning here we glimpse the Three-in-one;
The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Sprit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/t...
The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Sprit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/t...
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
Writing sonnets on the Lord’s Prayer helped @malcolmguite.bsky.social to see new things about it #poetscorner #poetry #lordsprayer
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Writing sonnets on the Lord’s Prayer helped Malcolm Guite to see new things about it
www.churchtimes.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Writing sonnets on the Lord’s Prayer helped @malcolmguite.bsky.social to see new things about it #poetscorner #poetry #lordsprayer
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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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…
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January 6, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/a...
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/a...
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
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December 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here's a special Christmas episode from my forthcoming epic Merlin's Isle: An Arthuriad
youtu.be/yt7Nkov7xk4
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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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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…
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December 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/t...
Or cosy in a crib beside the font,
But he is with a million displaced people
On the long road of weariness and want.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/t...
For our Christmas eve Spell in the Library GK Chesterton meets Father Christmas! youtu.be/9Nfh6AJKBZE
GK Chesterton on Father Christmas!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
For our Christmas eve Spell in the Library GK Chesterton meets Father Christmas! youtu.be/9Nfh6AJKBZE
for tonight's Spell in the Library I read you a couple of classic John Masefield poems from his Saltwater Ballads youtu.be/33bWO8BAUJ0
Two gems by John Masefield
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
for tonight's Spell in the Library I read you a couple of classic John Masefield poems from his Saltwater Ballads youtu.be/33bWO8BAUJ0
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! youtu.be/WFhri68y4D0
A film about Merlin's Isle!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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! youtu.be/WFhri68y4D0
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! youtu.be/WFhri68y4D0
A film about Merlin's Isle!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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! youtu.be/WFhri68y4D0
Thanks. It was a pleasure to give
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thanks. It was a pleasure to give
My author copy of Wardrobes and Rings has arrived! In this Spell in the Library I read you an extract youtu.be/_gmO8AAX0q8
From ‘Wardrobes and Rings’ my new book about the Inklings
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My author copy of Wardrobes and Rings has arrived! In this Spell in the Library I read you an extract youtu.be/_gmO8AAX0q8
Thanks for the shoutout
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thanks for the shoutout
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Time for this lovely book by @malcolmguite.bsky.social to come off the shelf once more. The 1st reading is the beautiful Advent Sunday by Christina Rossetti
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Time for this lovely book by @malcolmguite.bsky.social to come off the shelf once more. The 1st reading is the beautiful Advent Sunday by Christina Rossetti
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! canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
Canterbury Press Events
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December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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! canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
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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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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/t...
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 …
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November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/t...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/t...
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
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For tonight's Spell in the Library you catch up with me in a beautiful library in Romania!
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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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h...
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h...
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…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h...
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h...
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 youtu.be/Nf-oFmoSiu0
Home again with Bilbo!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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 youtu.be/Nf-oFmoSiu0
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Melancholy can be a source of wisdom, Malcolm Guite reflects
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
The world is enchanted and filled with meaning - and few people have helped me see this in a deeper way than @malcolmguite.bsky.social ! This was one of my favorite conversations; filled with thoughts on Tolkien, Lewis and this wild life. Enjoy!
Malcom Guite on enchantment and imagination.
YouTube video by The Wonder of Tolkien
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The world is enchanted and filled with meaning - and few people have helped me see this in a deeper way than @malcolmguite.bsky.social ! This was one of my favorite conversations; filled with thoughts on Tolkien, Lewis and this wild life. Enjoy!
For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me reading George Herbert in Missouri! youtu.be/trDX1-0ekTE
George Herbert’s ‘Prayer’ and some poems inspired by it!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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November 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me reading George Herbert in Missouri! youtu.be/trDX1-0ekTE
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
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…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
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
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
Each shard still shines with Christ’s reflected light,
It glances from the eyes, kindles the words
Of all his unknown saints.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
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…
malcolmguite.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
Each shard still shines with Christ’s reflected light,
It glances from the eyes, kindles the words
Of all his unknown saints.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...