Arthurian legend in the classical ballad stanza? An absolute no-brainer.
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#galahadandthegrail
#malcolmguite
#arthurianlegend
#booksky
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#galahadandthegrail
#malcolmguite
#arthurianlegend
#booksky
May 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Arthurian legend in the classical ballad stanza? An absolute no-brainer.
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
#galahadandthegrail
#malcolmguite
#arthurianlegend
#booksky
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
#galahadandthegrail
#malcolmguite
#arthurianlegend
#booksky
The ordinary saints, the ones we know,
Our too-familiar family and friends,
When shall we see them? Who can truly show
Whilst still rough-hewn, the God who shapes our ends?
Who will unveil the presence, glimpse the gold...
#Poetry #Saints #Heroes #MalcolmGuite
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Our too-familiar family and friends,
When shall we see them? Who can truly show
Whilst still rough-hewn, the God who shapes our ends?
Who will unveil the presence, glimpse the gold...
#Poetry #Saints #Heroes #MalcolmGuite
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April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The ordinary saints, the ones we know,
Our too-familiar family and friends,
When shall we see them? Who can truly show
Whilst still rough-hewn, the God who shapes our ends?
Who will unveil the presence, glimpse the gold...
#Poetry #Saints #Heroes #MalcolmGuite
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Our too-familiar family and friends,
When shall we see them? Who can truly show
Whilst still rough-hewn, the God who shapes our ends?
Who will unveil the presence, glimpse the gold...
#Poetry #Saints #Heroes #MalcolmGuite
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G. K. Chesterton helps @malcolmguite.bsky.social to discover, and rediscover, England
#MalcolmGuite #GKChesterton
#MalcolmGuite #GKChesterton
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
THERE are many reasons for admiring and reading G. K. Chesterton: his wit, his wisdom, his mastery of paradox, his prophetic critique of so many of the absurdities thrown up by mere materialism and by the solipsism of so much modern thought. But, ...
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May 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
G. K. Chesterton helps @malcolmguite.bsky.social to discover, and rediscover, England
#MalcolmGuite #GKChesterton
#MalcolmGuite #GKChesterton
The new episode of "For The Journey This Week with Steve Bell" features the song "This Dark Hour" —from my latest album, "The Glad Surprise."
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#ChristianNationalism #malcolmguite #bradjersak #brianzahnd #SimoneVeil
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#ChristianNationalism #malcolmguite #bradjersak #brianzahnd #SimoneVeil
Steve Bell - For The Journey This Week: The Art of Losing
YouTube video by The Steve Bell YouTube Channel
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January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The new episode of "For The Journey This Week with Steve Bell" features the song "This Dark Hour" —from my latest album, "The Glad Surprise."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feMs...
#ChristianNationalism #malcolmguite #bradjersak #brianzahnd #SimoneVeil
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#ChristianNationalism #malcolmguite #bradjersak #brianzahnd #SimoneVeil
"They have to find a reason for writing which is intrinsic to the poetry itself, and does not depend on 'success' as the world measures it."
The question ‘Why write poetry?’ is a crucial one, says @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#poetry #poetscorner #MalcolmGuite
The question ‘Why write poetry?’ is a crucial one, says @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#poetry #poetscorner #MalcolmGuite
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
The question ‘Why write poetry?’ is a crucial one, says Malcolm Guite
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January 24, 2026 at 4:25 AM
"They have to find a reason for writing which is intrinsic to the poetry itself, and does not depend on 'success' as the world measures it."
The question ‘Why write poetry?’ is a crucial one, says @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#poetry #poetscorner #MalcolmGuite
The question ‘Why write poetry?’ is a crucial one, says @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#poetry #poetscorner #MalcolmGuite
"Both the word 'holiday' and the word 'saunter' have their own tales to tell, and their own influence on us."
A slow walk around favourite places prompts reflections on saints’ days, for @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Poetry
A slow walk around favourite places prompts reflections on saints’ days, for @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Poetry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
WHEN the parish church is dedicated in honour of St Cuthbert, and even the working men’s club (now sadly for sale) is “The Bede”, you know you are in the north-east. Indeed, Maggie and I are back in beloved Northumbria on a much needed holiday, sa...
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June 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Both the word 'holiday' and the word 'saunter' have their own tales to tell, and their own influence on us."
A slow walk around favourite places prompts reflections on saints’ days, for @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Poetry
A slow walk around favourite places prompts reflections on saints’ days, for @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Poetry
The Coming of Arthur: Merlin's Isle Volume 2 by @malcolmguite.bsky.social out November 2nd 2026.
In this second book, travel back to craggy Tintagel to discover how it all began…
Pre-order now: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #merlinsisle #volumetwo
In this second book, travel back to craggy Tintagel to discover how it all began…
Pre-order now: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #merlinsisle #volumetwo
May 15, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The Coming of Arthur: Merlin's Isle Volume 2 by @malcolmguite.bsky.social out November 2nd 2026.
In this second book, travel back to craggy Tintagel to discover how it all began…
Pre-order now: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #merlinsisle #volumetwo
In this second book, travel back to craggy Tintagel to discover how it all began…
Pre-order now: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #merlinsisle #volumetwo
"We heard the glorious outpouring of its song, flowering, scattering, radiating in the sky above us."
#PoetsCorner Catching sight of a lark ascending brings poetic thoughts to @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#PoetsCorner Catching sight of a lark ascending brings poetic thoughts to @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
MAGGIE and I were on the footpath between Southwold and Walberswick on a warm April morning when we caught a brief glimpse of the sudden ascent of a lark from the low-lying field beside us, and then it was lost to sight in the heavens. Lost to sig...
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April 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
"We heard the glorious outpouring of its song, flowering, scattering, radiating in the sky above us."
#PoetsCorner Catching sight of a lark ascending brings poetic thoughts to @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#PoetsCorner Catching sight of a lark ascending brings poetic thoughts to @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#PoetsCorner Malcolm Guite finds poetic associations in the Italian university town of Pavia
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
I WRITE this from the Collegio Ghislieri, in the ancient university town of Pavia. The college was founded in 1567, though the university itself is far older than that, as there is evidence of teaching there going back as early as 1361. I am here ...
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May 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM
#PoetsCorner Malcolm Guite finds poetic associations in the Italian university town of Pavia
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
"Every time we turn the spotlight on to Shakespeare, he turns it back on to us, and sometimes we flinch in that all-searching light."
#Shakespeare holds a mirror up to his readers, writes @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#Shakespeare holds a mirror up to his readers, writes @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
I WRITE this on what is traditionally celebrated as Shakespeare’s birthday (23 April): a good time to be thankful for him and to celebrate his work, although actually any time is a good time to do that. But celebrating Shakespeare doesn’t have to ...
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May 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"Every time we turn the spotlight on to Shakespeare, he turns it back on to us, and sometimes we flinch in that all-searching light."
#Shakespeare holds a mirror up to his readers, writes @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
#Shakespeare holds a mirror up to his readers, writes @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
February 18, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"In the end, I found that I had to let each of the three Grail knights give his own different account of their experience, since no one by themselves can grasp the entire mystery"
@malcolmguite.bsky.social approaches the mystery of the eucharist through verse
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Galahad
@malcolmguite.bsky.social approaches the mystery of the eucharist through verse
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Galahad
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
WE HAVE come again to the feast of Corpus Christi, that annual invitation to contemplate the mystery of the eucharist. I have been approaching that mystery through poetry in a more extended and concentrated way in the course of composing Galahad a...
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June 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"In the end, I found that I had to let each of the three Grail knights give his own different account of their experience, since no one by themselves can grasp the entire mystery"
@malcolmguite.bsky.social approaches the mystery of the eucharist through verse
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Galahad
@malcolmguite.bsky.social approaches the mystery of the eucharist through verse
#MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Galahad
Today is the day!
The long-awaited Galahad and the Grail is finally here.
Take up the tale: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #galahadandthegrail #arthurian #holygrail #publicationday
The long-awaited Galahad and the Grail is finally here.
Take up the tale: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #galahadandthegrail #arthurian #holygrail #publicationday
March 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Today is the day!
The long-awaited Galahad and the Grail is finally here.
Take up the tale: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #galahadandthegrail #arthurian #holygrail #publicationday
The long-awaited Galahad and the Grail is finally here.
Take up the tale: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
#malcolmguite #galahadandthegrail #arthurian #holygrail #publicationday
‘I wasn’t sure where the poem would take me, but it turned out to be a reflection not on Arthur, but on the present ecological crisis, and on Romans 8.19 and 20’
Malcolm Guite recalls a return visit to Glastonbury, where he climbed the Tor
#glastonbury #poetry #malcolmguite #poetscorner
Malcolm Guite recalls a return visit to Glastonbury, where he climbed the Tor
#glastonbury #poetry #malcolmguite #poetscorner
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
Malcolm Guite recalls a return visit to Glastonbury, where he climbed the Tor
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November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
‘I wasn’t sure where the poem would take me, but it turned out to be a reflection not on Arthur, but on the present ecological crisis, and on Romans 8.19 and 20’
Malcolm Guite recalls a return visit to Glastonbury, where he climbed the Tor
#glastonbury #poetry #malcolmguite #poetscorner
Malcolm Guite recalls a return visit to Glastonbury, where he climbed the Tor
#glastonbury #poetry #malcolmguite #poetscorner
“I want to recover the long story of a nation without bashing people.”
@malcolmguite.bsky.social talks to @revrachelmann.bsky.social about the launch of his four-book series that retells the tales of King Arthur
#Galahad #MalcolmGuite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social talks to @revrachelmann.bsky.social about the launch of his four-book series that retells the tales of King Arthur
#Galahad #MalcolmGuite
New Arthurian ballad cycle for modern Britain
MALCOLM GUITE is an interviewer’s dream. Speaking from his book-lined study at home in Norfolk, he says he is still jet-lagged after recent speaking engagements in the United States. It is hard to believe. He is as excited, garrulous, and engaging...
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March 28, 2026 at 6:33 AM
“I want to recover the long story of a nation without bashing people.”
@malcolmguite.bsky.social talks to @revrachelmann.bsky.social about the launch of his four-book series that retells the tales of King Arthur
#Galahad #MalcolmGuite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social talks to @revrachelmann.bsky.social about the launch of his four-book series that retells the tales of King Arthur
#Galahad #MalcolmGuite
"I was gazing out of the window of the Uber while the City of London rolled past me. So it was that I caught my first glimpse of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe"
Passing a church in the City of London, @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind turns to Narnia
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
Passing a church in the City of London, @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind turns to Narnia
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
I WAS in London the other day, speaking to a group of American pastors at St Martin-in-the-Fields. After a good lunch in the church’s wonderful crypt-café, they bundled me into an Uber to get me back to Liverpool Street Station in time for my trai...
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May 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"I was gazing out of the window of the Uber while the City of London rolled past me. So it was that I caught my first glimpse of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe"
Passing a church in the City of London, @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind turns to Narnia
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
Passing a church in the City of London, @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind turns to Narnia
#MalcolmGuite #poetry
"The simplicity of the ballad form and the steady pulse that drives the narrative forward perfectly complement the bareness of the Arthurian subject matter"
📚Michael Wheeler reviews Galahad and the Grail: Merlin’s Isle Volume 1 by @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#Galahad #Merlin #MalcolmGuite
📚Michael Wheeler reviews Galahad and the Grail: Merlin’s Isle Volume 1 by @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#Galahad #Merlin #MalcolmGuite
Book review: Galahad and the Grail: Merlin’s Isle Volume 1 by Malcolm Guite
THE campaign behind the National Year of Reading 2026 is a sign of our times, being an attempt to recover the joys of silent reading in a noisy world dominated by social media. Yet, not so long ago, most adults heard stories rather than read them....
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March 31, 2026 at 4:07 AM
"The simplicity of the ballad form and the steady pulse that drives the narrative forward perfectly complement the bareness of the Arthurian subject matter"
📚Michael Wheeler reviews Galahad and the Grail: Merlin’s Isle Volume 1 by @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#Galahad #Merlin #MalcolmGuite
📚Michael Wheeler reviews Galahad and the Grail: Merlin’s Isle Volume 1 by @malcolmguite.bsky.social
#Galahad #Merlin #MalcolmGuite
"Just the walk from the house to the hut is a kind of shedding, a letting go of all the noisy concerns and anxieties of contemporary life which buzz around one’s head like flies."
Back in his writing hut, @malcolmguite.bsky.social follows Wendell Berry’s advice
#MalcolmGuite #WendellBerry
Back in his writing hut, @malcolmguite.bsky.social follows Wendell Berry’s advice
#MalcolmGuite #WendellBerry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
THE weather is just about getting warm enough for me to make use of my little writing hut: a wooden shed at the bottom of our garden, which bears a ceramic plaque that my mother had made for me, saying “The Temple of Peace”, and illustrated with a...
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May 15, 2026 at 8:48 AM
"Just the walk from the house to the hut is a kind of shedding, a letting go of all the noisy concerns and anxieties of contemporary life which buzz around one’s head like flies."
Back in his writing hut, @malcolmguite.bsky.social follows Wendell Berry’s advice
#MalcolmGuite #WendellBerry
Back in his writing hut, @malcolmguite.bsky.social follows Wendell Berry’s advice
#MalcolmGuite #WendellBerry
#MalcolmGuite
... Whilst Herod rages still from his dark tower
Christ clings to Mary, fingers tightly curled,
The lambs are slaughtered by the men of power,
And death squads spread their curse across the world.
But every Herod dies, and comes alone
To stand before the Lamb upon the throne.
... Whilst Herod rages still from his dark tower
Christ clings to Mary, fingers tightly curled,
The lambs are slaughtered by the men of power,
And death squads spread their curse across the world.
But every Herod dies, and comes alone
To stand before the Lamb upon the throne.
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 11:05 AM
#MalcolmGuite
... Whilst Herod rages still from his dark tower
Christ clings to Mary, fingers tightly curled,
The lambs are slaughtered by the men of power,
And death squads spread their curse across the world.
But every Herod dies, and comes alone
To stand before the Lamb upon the throne.
... Whilst Herod rages still from his dark tower
Christ clings to Mary, fingers tightly curled,
The lambs are slaughtered by the men of power,
And death squads spread their curse across the world.
But every Herod dies, and comes alone
To stand before the Lamb upon the throne.
Tale 6 of #TheLostTalesOfSirGalahad by #MalcolmGuite is pure literary indulgence, excellently read by Simon Vance
Don't skip to it though as it's all good - the intro had me laughing out loud on a dog walk
open.spotify.com/show/4hg80rT...
Don't skip to it though as it's all good - the intro had me laughing out loud on a dog walk
open.spotify.com/show/4hg80rT...
The Lost Tales of Sir Galahad
Jennifer Trafton, A.S. Peterson · Audiobook
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November 14, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Tale 6 of #TheLostTalesOfSirGalahad by #MalcolmGuite is pure literary indulgence, excellently read by Simon Vance
Don't skip to it though as it's all good - the intro had me laughing out loud on a dog walk
open.spotify.com/show/4hg80rT...
Don't skip to it though as it's all good - the intro had me laughing out loud on a dog walk
open.spotify.com/show/4hg80rT...
If you missed our Merlin’s Isle event, we’ve got great news…you can now be witness to the magic through our official event recording.
Access to watch the Merlin’s Isle recording can be found here: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
#malcolmguite #canterburypress #merlinsisle
Access to watch the Merlin’s Isle recording can be found here: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
#malcolmguite #canterburypress #merlinsisle
March 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
If you missed our Merlin’s Isle event, we’ve got great news…you can now be witness to the magic through our official event recording.
Access to watch the Merlin’s Isle recording can be found here: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
#malcolmguite #canterburypress #merlinsisle
Access to watch the Merlin’s Isle recording can be found here: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events
#malcolmguite #canterburypress #merlinsisle
🚜 August is not an idle month for farmers, as John Clare well knew, writes Malcolm Guite #churchtimes #poetscorner #MalcolmGuite
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
AUGUST is, for most of us, a fallow month: “idle August”, as the poet Derek Walcott calls it. But, for farmers, August is full of the toil and urgency of harvest. Even though harvesting is largely mechanised, it must still be done in time, and at ...
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August 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM
🚜 August is not an idle month for farmers, as John Clare well knew, writes Malcolm Guite #churchtimes #poetscorner #MalcolmGuite