Malcolm Guite

“Galahad and the Grail” is a lovely book and sort of the opposite of AI - a long and imaginative poem about Arthurian knights. I’m pleased to see it selling so well.

When dusk descends, when branches are unveiled, When roots reach deeper than our minds can feel And ready us for winter with strange calm, That I should see the inner tree revealed And know its beauty as the bright leaves fall And feel its truth within me as I am? @malcolmguite.bsky.social

I did a little thing for Public Radio whilst I was at Yale. www.wshu.org/news/2026-10...

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/2026/10/04/a...

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/2026/09/29/m...

✍️ Poet’s Corner: Malcolm Guite pays tribute to two great Americans: Wendell Berry and Dolly Parton @malcolmguite.bsky.social #ChurchTimes

I’m thrilled that my author copies of The Coming of Arthur have arrived, both the beautiful hardback and the sumptuous slipcase editions. Publication day is November 11th, the day before my birthday!

I'm driving the cargo car for the university run today. I've found how to enjoy the drive - Galahad and the Grail by @malcolmguite.bsky.social

📝 Malcolm Guite (@malcolmguite.bsky.social) recalls the excitement he felt as a child at summer barbecues. #PoetsCorner #ChurchTimes #Comment

I am about to light my pipe and enjoy this beautiful book by @malcolmguite.bsky.social in a proper setting here in Sweden 🥰

For tonight's Spell in the Library we dip into Tolkien's prologue "Concerning Hobbits" and see what we can learn from it. youtu.be/dGkQcolky6M

The Pastorals of Virgil, Eclogue I: The Blasted Tree https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.145

You bore for me the One who came to bless And bear for all and make the broken whole. You heard His call and in your open ‘yes’ You spoke aloud for every living soul. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/a...

for tonight's Spell in the Library we dip into Tolkien's edition and also his translation of Gawain and the Green Knight and I also share a little of my version! youtu.be/VIGwOPPffto

Santa Chiara, lovely claritas Whose soul in stillness holds love’s pure reflection, Shining through you as Holy Caritas, Lucid and lucent… malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/s...

For tonight's Spell in the Library we return to Rivendell! youtu.be/9mw3b27aOGw

For tonight's Spell in the Library I show you a lovely presentation box for The Coming of Arthur and read you a passage about Arthur preparing for his coronation! youtu.be/goL2T_ngoI8

Currently reading Galahad and the Grail by @malcolmguite.bsky.social This is such a wonderful book, i can’t for volume 2 in this Arthurian cycle! #books #booksky

"The greenwood had once flourished there, but many trees had died. Withered they were, leafless and sere. Their hollowed trunks, all gaunt and bare, stood sadly on each side." #GalahadAndTheGrail @malcolmguite.bsky.social 💚

For tonight's spell in the Library I take you to a central question in ThenLord of the Rings and suggest that it is a question we should be asking and answering in our own time! youtu.be/dVpwtUC1-nM

For tonight's Spell in the library I show you the Galley Proofs for the Coming of Arthur and read you a passage! youtu.be/djugqhBbxug

For those being ordained this Petertide malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/27/a...

"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

For tonight's Spell in the Library we dip into some of the mediaeval sources for the part of Merlin's Isle I am working on right now! youtu.be/7edPsXZWUI8

Midsummer night, and bonfires on the hill Burn for the man who makes way for the Light: ‘He must increase and I diminish still, Until his sun illuminates my night.’ malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/a...

For tonight's Spell in the Library you catch up with me on holiday in Northumbria and I read to you from the manuscript of volume III of Merlin's Isle! youtu.be/cRkSKb_7Q2o

For tonight's Spell in the Library I read you a little-known gem from Tolkien's Collected Poems youtu.be/wzytzm8IlnA

Give @malcolmguite.bsky.social a follow (and his YouTube a watch) lads - you won't regret it.

You called me and I came to Colmcille To learn at last the meaning of my name Though you yourself were called, and not the caller, He called through you and when He called I came. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/c...

"Beyond the Severn's sedgy bank, far off in misty vales, Amidst myth-woven meres and fells there lies the land of Wales." #GalahadAndTheGrail @malcolmguite.bsky.social

"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

For tonight's Spell in the Library I read to you from my book Lifting the veil and share the news of a conference in Boston in October which I am both curating and speaking at. See you there! youtu.be/_VgMcUmVLL0

Yet this is how He comes. Through wine and bread Love chooses to be emptied into me. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/c...

Son-in-law Boze Herrington has written a lovely review for @plough.bsky.social of a gorgeous and important book by @malcolmguite.bsky.social. A fragrant and healing balm for our Wasteland. www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

“Unlike many contemporary authors, @malcolmguite.bsky.social has not sought to desacralize or deconstruct the old tales but to restore their ancient symbolic and religious edifice, like a contractor refurbishing a venerable and beloved house.” @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social

Interview on Mythmakers about why I’m writing an Arthurian epic youtu.be/WRIRJx0ob6I?...

Here is a meeting made of hidden joys Of lightenings cloistered in a narrow place From quiet hearts the sudden flame of praise And in the womb the quickening kick of grace malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/h...

He calls us out of darkness, chaos, chance, To improvise a music of our own, To sing the chord that calls us to the dance, Three notes resounding from a single tone, To sing the End in whom we all begin; Our God beyond, beside us and within. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/a...

In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the whole creation story, In His own image, His imagination, The Triune Poet makes us for His glory… malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/a...

For tonight's Spell in the Library we join Faramir and Eowyn on the walls of Minas Tirith! youtu.be/q2d-zcAoZgo

The right words come today in their right order And every word spells freedom and release Today the gospel crosses every border All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/o...

This is the feast of fire,air, and water Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth. The earth herself awakens to her maker And is translated out of death to birth. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/o...

Today we feel the wind beneath our wings Today the hidden fountain flows and plays Today the church draws breath at last and sings As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/o...

Guite is an excellent storyteller who could introduce the unadulterated message of the medieval legends to generations to come. www.thetablet.co.uk/inspire/grai...

"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

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

We saw him go and yet we were not parted He took us with him to the heart of things The heart that broke for all the broken-hearted Is whole and Heaven-centred now, and sings… malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/a...

We saw his light break through the cloud of glory Whilst we were rooted still in time and place As earth became a part of Heaven’s story And heaven opened to his human face. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/a...

King Arthur is back, and in verse!! @malcolmguite.bsky.social bookandfilmglobe.com/books/king-a...