Malcolm Guite Blog
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Blog for poet and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite.
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8h ago
Image by Linda Richardson I am continuing my series of posts for Advent, in which I read each day’s poem to accompany my Advent Anthology from Canterbury Press Waiting on the Word, alongside a series of reflective images kindly provided by Linda Richardson. In ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
8h ago
image by Linda Richardson For the 5th of December the poem I have chosen in my Advent Anthology from Canterbury Press Waiting on the Word, is Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden. You can hear me read this poem by clicking on the title ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
8h ago
Image by Linda Richardson Yesterday we considered a poem by John Donne, today we pair and compare it with a poem of the same title by Scott Cairns. I draw out some of the parallels and differences in the brief ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
8h ago
Annunciation by Linda Richardson The poem I have chosen for December 3rd in my Advent Anthology from Canterbury Press Waiting on the Word, is The Annunciation by John Donne, and once again it is accompanied by a beautiful illustration from the book of ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
5d ago
The Moons, image by Linda Richardson Here is the poem set for the 2nd December in my Advent Anthology from Canterbury Press Waiting on the Word, The Moons comes from Grevel Lindop‘s latest collection of poems Luna Park (which I highly recommend!) and ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
5d ago
Christina Rossetti painted by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti Advent is a season for stillness, for quiet, for discernment. It is a season of active waiting, straining forward, listening, attentive and finely tuned. Its good to keep a quiet space ..read more
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5d ago
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 of ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
5d ago
We come now to a feast of Ends and Beginnings! This Sunday is the last Sunday in the cycle of the Christian year, which ends with the feast of Christ the King, and the following Sunday we begin our journey ..read more
Malcolm Guite Blog
5d ago
Scribe of the Kingdom, Keeper of the Door As well as being t St. Cecilia’s day, 22nd November is also the day CS Lewis died in 1963. I remember the great celebration of his life, work and witness we had ..read more
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3w ago
As we approach Remembrance Sunday I am reposting this sonnet about the two minutes silence, which was first published in my book Sounding the Seasons. I’m posting it early so that any one who wishes to, can use it in ..read more