Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
Poet, Priest, Life Fellow of Girton College
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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 @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...
For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me in Winnipeg dipping into Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle"! youtu.be/dyeydCpBp88
A touch of Tolkien in Manitoba
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me in Winnipeg dipping into Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle"! youtu.be/dyeydCpBp88
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!
youtu.be/WJEnpJueEYs
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
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October 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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!
youtu.be/WJEnpJueEYs
Two new pipes and a touch of Galahad in Tennessee!
youtu.be/WJEnpJueEYs
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: malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a-sonnet-for-st-lukes-day-8/
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: malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a-sonnet-for-st-lukes-day-8/
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…
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October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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: malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a-sonnet-for-st-lukes-day-8/
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: malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a-sonnet-for-st-lukes-day-8/
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a...
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…
malcolmguite.wordpress.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/a...
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
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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.
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.
Bilbo finds the ring!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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October 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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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.
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.
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
Poet's Corner
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
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October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Poet's Corner
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter
I recently did a podcast for the Canadian Bible Society. Here's the link biblesociety.ca/scriptureunt...
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.
biblesociety.ca
October 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I recently did a podcast for the Canadian Bible Society. Here's the link biblesociety.ca/scriptureunt...
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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October 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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
youtu.be/AYQBUI1FEvs
youtu.be/AYQBUI1FEvs
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/a...
Is falling into ruin.’ From the cross
Your saviour spoke to you and speaks to us
Again through you.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/a...
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…
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October 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/a...
Is falling into ruin.’ From the cross
Your saviour spoke to you and speaks to us
Again through you.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/a...
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Poet's Corner
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way #pilgrimage
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way #pilgrimage
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way
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October 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Poet's Corner
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way #pilgrimage
@malcolmguite.bsky.social and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way #pilgrimage
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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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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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 …
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September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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 …
malcolmguite.wordpress.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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.
malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...
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!
youtu.be/Q1hRHreUCGg
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The Advance Reader Copy of Galahad arrives!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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!
youtu.be/Q1hRHreUCGg
youtu.be/Q1hRHreUCGg
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
A farmer’s woes bring to @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind some prescient #Shakespeare
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
A farmer’s woes bring to Malcolm Guite’s mind some prescient Shakespeare
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September 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A farmer’s woes bring to @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind some prescient #Shakespeare
Turns out my new book is a bit bigger than I expected!
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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.”
-- @malcolmguite.bsky.social "After Prayer"
“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.”
-- @malcolmguite.bsky.social "After Prayer"
September 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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.”
-- @malcolmguite.bsky.social "After Prayer"
“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.”
-- @malcolmguite.bsky.social "After Prayer"
For tonight's Spell in the Library I read you an autumnal poem of my own! youtu.be/HdO31JoWuJU
‘And is it not Enough? My own Autumn poem
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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September 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For tonight's Spell in the Library I read you an autumnal poem of my own! youtu.be/HdO31JoWuJU
Reposted by Malcolm Guite
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite, like T. S. Eliot, savours the musical effects of words
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September 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
if you're in Wales in October you might enjoy this.
September 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if you're in Wales in October you might enjoy this.
looking forward to these Canadian gigs with Steve Bell! youtu.be/VI6vM0BDnRQ?...
THIS FALL: "The Bell & The Bard" - Steve Bell & Malcolm Guite In Concert!
YouTube video by The Steve Bell YouTube Channel
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September 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
looking forward to these Canadian gigs with Steve Bell! youtu.be/VI6vM0BDnRQ?...