I'm a simple man. I see heavy weights, I lift them. I see a funny animal, I laugh. I hear an older gentleman telling Arthurian poems over a pipe, I listen.
The teacher manifests when the student is ready. I am so glad I am ready and the Algorithm hath brought me here to the master professor. That chair. That vest. Those glasses. Sherlock pipe, bookshelves, a Fender amp, a dark beverage. "Only papers seems real to me." Dropping truths. Preaching the legends. Speaking enchantments and of forests and wizards.
“Be patient, little Acorn, and be still, Your strength is only in your Maker’s will. Low ground is the only place to be, If you would root, and grow, and stand like me The showy leaf will soon be torn away But lowly roots are strong to stand and stay Let men and women learn from the oak trees And not be blown away by every breeze Young Arthur, I foresee a time at length When you will need an oak tree’s rooted strength Then I will stand within you strong and sure That you may stand and withstand and endure…”
Merlin definitely feels like a proto-Gandalf. Tolkien knew what he was doing when he started penning the appearance of a certain wizard during the first few chapters of The Hobbit!
Thank you Malcolm, busy work day with all that is not important. With pipe lit your passage allowed me to drift and switch of, if even for 10 minutes it was the antidote O needed.
Things like this narrative and our history and culture are priceless. A tapestry of myth and magic. This is what is under threat in these dark, satanic days.
God do Blessing to his children, and we are surely blessed with Your wisdom and Knowledge Mister Guite and with you as Person and Mentor in York weekly viedeos one you Tube thanks for that may be god with you. I can‘ t wait for the next Episode and i Like your Books very much.
as a so called digital native, ive certainly found more classical tools to be more effective at their jobs. at 26 i have a bit of a fountain pen addiction coupled with a typewriter somewhere.
beautiful, thank you for uploading this gem of a video. The journal at the beginning of the video is the one I have too and wrote my first draft of the book im writing as well :) You're a golden Spirit Malcolm 🙏 also I would like to add when people would gather in the olden days under the oak tree and tell stories it was called a matlock
My dad and I just started to watch the new Lord of The Rings season. Instantly it reminded me of you, Mr Malcolm Guite! I had to show him your UA-cam channel and your poems/writings.
Wonderful work, Malcolm. The description of understanding the nature of nature via the tree and Merlin’s special sight really resonated here. Thank you for sharing with us.
Oh, huzzah! Utterly delightful, Malcolm. Thank you so for sharing. While I look forward with great anticipation to future publication, I am so enjoying these little glimpses into your Matter. I feel somehow part of something singular and its creation. So special. Cheers and carry on!
What the Oak said to the boy Arthur was very moving to me. I desire that kind of rootedness and resilience, "...to stand, withstand, and endure." And the dappled light imagery under the tree leaves is beautiful. Thank you for breathing new life into these stories. I can't wait to read the published materials!
This was just wonderful, Malcolm. I felt like I was with Arthur roaming Ector's lands. The release of these books can't come fast enough! I look forward to reading them to my two young children and feeding their hearts and imaginations on these stories.
Beautiful poetry. Thanks. So smooth and simple, so colourful and evocative. Great power. Cheers. I'm going to try out that Old Theakston this week. Maybe it will inspire my own writing. Hehehehe
You have such a gift for prosody and understanding of how to use the musicality of verse. Such a beautiful flow to the words without ever feeling like the narrative is contrived for the sake of it. I cannot wait to read the final version.
Im so glad to hear our ancient legends being told again in such a delightful manner. The way things rhyme almost remind me of the old norfolk poems my grandad used to read to us.
This channel brings me peace, love it and thank you ‘I’m not a digital native, only paper feels real to me’ - I’m using this line when my wife complains about me buying another book
Thank you, Malcolm. Delighted at how your Arthurian epic is turning out. Just had my 50th birthday and received the 2 volumes of Malory’s “M’orte…”. I’ve never read it through. Lewis, Tolkien, and yourself have inspired me to give it a go. Cheers and happy puffing (and writing!)
NOW I'm looking forward to reading your Arthurian work. It's a particular challenge to depart from the high point of great deeds and return to humble antecedents, weaving them in as compelling a read as the better-known bits -- forgive my doubts as you departed -- but I now see you've got it well in hand, beguiling from beginning to end.
This is splendid and deep poetry, my Father left me a copy The Idylls of the King which I think is a second edition, I shall cherish your book as I do the Tennyson.
Thank you so much Malcolm - such a rich and layered description of our connection to the wild world web. AND the promise of adventures in 'both realms' yay And thank you !
Thank you Malcolm! I discovered your channel through the Pints With Jack podcast and have been enjoying it thoroughly. I usually don't enjoy poetry, but I guess I haven't heard the right sort of poetry. This is wonderful!
It has certainly been a pleasure sitting in your class, professor. You have much to share and impart, and I am ready to absorb your knowledge. As an undergraduate, I formerly smoked Prince Albert when sharing fellowship with fellow chess players. Now, I only smoke hemp flowers in a water pipe. Of course, the effects are quite different from tobacco. There is some incapacitation; but like alcohol, there is a time and place, a suitable set and setting. Just smoke some hemp, perhaps with a beverage of your choice. Then listen to Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion. There you are, your entire being becomes one with the music. It is beyond description! I am writing to you from the city named for Charles II., The son of the martyred king, Charles I. His portrait is honored here in the Church of the Holy Communion.
This man reminds me of my father; the passionate erudite who loved the quietly subtle, yet moving power, of the art of expression. I’ve known only two. I miss my father.
Oh Malcom such a delight! I am anxious to hear more. Would you consider doing an audio book version, with you as reader! Naturally I would want a lovely bound volume with marble end papers and guilt imprinted covers. Yet, to have read it, by you, is just such a joy. Headed out sailing tomorrow in one of the Caledonian Yawls built for the film of Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I will toast you at our lunch upon the beach! Cheers.
At my childhood home in Bulawayo, we had for many years, a tall Cape Oak tree. It was, on reflection, one of my best friends. I had a swing supported from a branch and a thick, many knotted, rope hung from another. Plenty of fun and good exercise too. It never complained. Into my teens I made a pipe from a section cut from a thinner branch and would smoke the Dutch “Amphora” mixtures that we could still buy in Rhodesia. The Oak is no longer there, sadly. I never sold the house. Maybe my pipe is still there … I’ll send someone to see.
the cadence and unfolding steps, the sense of exploration flows along nicely - old enough to respect Arthurian vintage and fast enough for the modern reader - if the elves end up in your continuance of the legend as tutors then this allows Arthur that greater vision he is known for even more so - giving him the glory of the Tuatha de Danaan and that extra mystique which - well - makes him so able to sway men...I am reminded of "Dear and Glorious Physician" I think by Taylor Caldwell on St. Luke---well there is a passage where during Luke's education as a young man he learns from a visiting Chinese tutor - the whole idea expands Luke to a sort of friend of other cultures - as a real physician would have to be - this idea of the main figure encountering the teacher from far away is ever effective as a wake up call...and here again it is with Merlin...
Nothing goes better with a book than a pipe of MyMixture 965, Strepsils, Pint of Guiness along with a chaser of Cepacol. Hope your throat is on the mend Sir ❤️🩹 I found myself decidedly distracted by the distractions upon distractions of your delightfully rich domicile. 🙏🏼
Putting aside some money now to make sure i can get these when they release, ive only recently discovered i can enjoy poetry and youve become one of my favourites to read and listen to. Thank you! Cant wait to someday share your poetry with my children when they get older
a very intresting take on a gap in the story... my take on it is similar but not quite so mythical or as poetic as yours... but imaginative all the same. thank you kind Malcolm for your words and i always take comfort from them .
I'm a simple man. I see heavy weights, I lift them. I see a funny animal, I laugh. I hear an older gentleman telling Arthurian poems over a pipe, I listen.
Listen to this, stop posting stupid shit online.
Same Here brother 💪🏾
And here too. Love his voice.
HERE HEAR
Yes, this is all we need.
“A Lord of men must be the friend of trees.”
Oh so very true.
Thank you, this was fantastic ❤
The teacher manifests when the student is ready. I am so glad I am ready and the Algorithm hath brought me here to the master professor. That chair. That vest. Those glasses. Sherlock pipe, bookshelves, a Fender amp, a dark beverage. "Only papers seems real to me." Dropping truths. Preaching the legends. Speaking enchantments and of forests and wizards.
“Be patient, little Acorn, and be still,
Your strength is only in your Maker’s will.
Low ground is the only place to be,
If you would root, and grow, and stand like me
The showy leaf will soon be torn away
But lowly roots are strong to stand and stay
Let men and women learn from the oak trees
And not be blown away by every breeze
Young Arthur, I foresee a time at length
When you will need an oak tree’s rooted strength
Then I will stand within you strong and sure
That you may stand and withstand and endure…”
King Arthur really needs to return to England, take up Excalibur, and clean up the house, as it were.
We are yet desperate enough. It is the legend.
He was a Romano Briton. Welsh. His mortal enemy were the Anglo-Saxons. The English. His return will regain the 'Lost Lands'.
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No he wasn't 🙄
@@BillSikes. Yes he was.
Use it as a plowshare?
That was captivating! I've just stumbled upon your channel by chance, and I'm so thankful I did.
This man is a treasure.
Great writing, Malcolm. My favorite line from Merlin, "...this meal makes us companions now who share the broken bread...".
That one stuck out to me as well!!
Merlin definitely feels like a proto-Gandalf. Tolkien knew what he was doing when he started penning the appearance of a certain wizard during the first few chapters of The Hobbit!
This preview reading of your Arthurian tale was just wonderful. I can’t wait to read the full volume!
Wonderful thank you
Thank you Malcolm of splendid tales, pipe smoke and ales.
It's quite a lovely spot you have. Thank you for letting us hang out.
Wonderful! Many thanks for sharing it.
delightful!
Another charming story, warm cozy and enchanting, much like the comfort of the pipe. Magical.📚🍺📚
Thank you Malcolm, busy work day with all that is not important. With pipe lit your passage allowed me to drift and switch of, if even for 10 minutes it was the antidote O needed.
Things like this narrative and our history and culture are priceless. A tapestry of myth and magic. This is what is under threat in these dark, satanic days.
Immensely enjoyable; thank you.
These videos are soul soothing.
God do Blessing to his children, and we are surely blessed with Your wisdom and Knowledge Mister Guite and with you as Person and Mentor in York weekly viedeos one you Tube thanks for that may be god with you. I can‘ t wait for the next Episode and i Like your
Books very much.
Im sorry Automatik lecture , Not York „ your“ your weekly Videos one you tube😅
Really love the descriptions of ancient English woods.
Bravo!
Such Magical and Masterful writing. I look forward to more!!!
Wow that was amazing.
Very nice.
That was lovely! I was there, in the sacred grove, in spirit.
I was completely entranced listening to you recite your work. I'm very excited to read it all!
Loved this poem, Thanks Malcolm. Can't wait to hear more.
I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
"I'm not a digital native, only paper seems real to me." as a traditional sketch artist you have no idea how much I resonate with this quote. :)
as a so called digital native, ive certainly found more classical tools to be more effective at their jobs.
at 26 i have a bit of a fountain pen addiction coupled with a typewriter somewhere.
beautiful, thank you for uploading this gem of a video. The journal at the beginning of the video is the one I have too and wrote my first draft of the book im writing as well :) You're a golden Spirit Malcolm 🙏 also I would like to add when people would gather in the olden days under the oak tree and tell stories it was called a matlock
I felt as if I was there with them and all of nature. Thank you, Malcolm for the respite. Cheers.
“I felt as if I was there”. It’s so life affirming when that happens ❤️
Always stimulating and brilliant! Thank you for your channel! Always inspired and refreshing!!!
My dad and I just started to watch the new Lord of The Rings season. Instantly it reminded me of you, Mr Malcolm Guite! I had to show him your UA-cam channel and your poems/writings.
I really enjoy your reading and the wonderful pictures you create with the words! Thank you for sharing with us.
Really, really nice.
Wonderful work, Malcolm. The description of understanding the nature of nature via the tree and Merlin’s special sight really resonated here. Thank you for sharing with us.
That was beautiful. Well done, good sir.
Oh, huzzah! Utterly delightful, Malcolm. Thank you so for sharing. While I look forward with great anticipation to future publication, I am so enjoying these little glimpses into your Matter. I feel somehow part of something singular and its creation. So special. Cheers and carry on!
What the Oak said to the boy Arthur was very moving to me. I desire that kind of rootedness and resilience, "...to stand, withstand, and endure." And the dappled light imagery under the tree leaves is beautiful. Thank you for breathing new life into these stories. I can't wait to read the published materials!
Cheers from Alabama! Thank you for sharing this greatness with us, it’s always a delight to see a new video from you!
I love the nod to Gandalf in Merlin’s description.
Gandalf was/is originally an ancient dwarf of from old norse sagas
I’m in a guest house in Norfolk having a Guinness watching this. What more could you want 😊
So beautiful! Thank you for reading it to us.
This sapling enjoyed gleaning from your wisdom, old oak. Thank you, friend.
Malcolm, such beautiful writing! Thank you for sharing…I’m hooked🤓
👏👏
♥️
This was just wonderful, Malcolm. I felt like I was with Arthur roaming Ector's lands. The release of these books can't come fast enough! I look forward to reading them to my two young children and feeding their hearts and imaginations on these stories.
I can't wait for the whole thing! Thank you Dr. Guite! God Bless you always!
Beautiful poetry. Thanks. So smooth and simple, so colourful and evocative. Great power. Cheers. I'm going to try out that Old Theakston this week. Maybe it will inspire my own writing. Hehehehe
That was the most beautiful thing to hit my hearts in a very long time
Wow thank you for the walk into the woods. I love your poetic descriptions. And the mighty oak tree is my friend too.
My kingdom for a pint of Old Peculier!
You have such a gift for prosody and understanding of how to use the musicality of verse. Such a beautiful flow to the words without ever feeling like the narrative is contrived for the sake of it.
I cannot wait to read the final version.
Im so glad to hear our ancient legends being told again in such a delightful manner. The way things rhyme almost remind me of the old norfolk poems my grandad used to read to us.
I’m so looking forward to the finished work! This excerpt was wonderful.
these are the stories young children love, sadly almost a dead art. sure cheered my day.
This channel brings me peace, love it and thank you
‘I’m not a digital native, only paper feels real to me’ - I’m using this line when my wife complains about me buying another book
Thankyou for sharing this progress, fabulous to hear the story evolve.
Only thing missing is the tick tock of a long case clock and the bells of Lincoln College in the distance😂
Thank you, Malcolm. Delighted at how your Arthurian epic is turning out. Just had my 50th birthday and received the 2 volumes of Malory’s “M’orte…”. I’ve never read it through. Lewis, Tolkien, and yourself have inspired me to give it a go. Cheers and happy puffing (and writing!)
Theakstons Old P is one of my favourite ales.
NOW I'm looking forward to reading your Arthurian work. It's a particular challenge to depart from the high point of great deeds and return to humble antecedents, weaving them in as compelling a read as the better-known bits -- forgive my doubts as you departed -- but I now see you've got it well in hand, beguiling from beginning to end.
Puff Puff Enjoying the Stories
Amongst Friends
Brilliant! Malcolm is a creative genius and keeper of some deep mysteries of man.
That was awesome ! I was totally sucked in to the world of arthur for a bit
What a treat, thank you Malcolm!
Beautiful... thank you Malcolm.
This was wonderful ❤
This is splendid and deep poetry, my Father left me a copy The Idylls of the King which I think is a second edition, I shall cherish your book as I do the Tennyson.
Truly a wonderful poem and reading. Take care.
Thank you so much Malcolm - such a rich and layered description of our connection to the wild world web. AND the promise of adventures in 'both realms' yay And thank you !
What a gem! This is splendid work. Really looking forward to the release of the book
"Sky speaks to tree. Tree speaks to stone. Stone speaks to water." I'm sure I have that at least slightly wrong, but it's what this put me in mind of.
Thank you Malcolm! I discovered your channel through the Pints With Jack podcast and have been enjoying it thoroughly. I usually don't enjoy poetry, but I guess I haven't heard the right sort of poetry. This is wonderful!
Always a pleasure, thank you for sharing.
I want his lifestyle when I’m old lol
It has certainly been a pleasure sitting in your class, professor. You have much to share and impart, and I am ready to absorb your knowledge. As an undergraduate, I formerly smoked Prince Albert when sharing fellowship with fellow chess players. Now, I only smoke hemp flowers in a water pipe. Of course, the effects are quite different from tobacco. There is some incapacitation; but like alcohol, there is a time and place, a suitable set and setting. Just smoke some hemp, perhaps with a beverage of your choice. Then listen to Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion. There you are, your entire being becomes one with the music. It is beyond description! I am writing to you from the city named for Charles II., The son of the martyred king, Charles I. His portrait is honored here in the Church of the Holy Communion.
This man reminds me of my father; the passionate erudite who loved the quietly subtle, yet moving power, of the art of expression.
I’ve known only two.
I miss my father.
Oh Malcom such a delight! I am anxious to hear more. Would you consider doing an audio book version, with you as reader! Naturally I would want a lovely bound volume with marble end papers and guilt imprinted covers. Yet, to have read it, by you, is just such a joy. Headed out sailing tomorrow in one of the Caledonian Yawls built for the film of Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I will toast you at our lunch upon the beach! Cheers.
Thank you for sharing that with us. I really enjoyed listening to it.
There is something wonderful about a decent note book with thick paper full of creative writing written with a fountain pen in swirly script.
I enjoyed that very much, thank you for sharing ❤
At my childhood home in Bulawayo, we had for many years, a tall Cape Oak tree. It was, on reflection, one of my best friends. I had a swing supported from a branch and a thick, many knotted, rope hung from another. Plenty of fun and good exercise too. It never complained. Into my teens I made a pipe from a section cut from a thinner branch and would smoke the Dutch “Amphora” mixtures that we could still buy in Rhodesia. The Oak is no longer there, sadly. I never sold the house. Maybe my pipe is still there … I’ll send someone to see.
Ahh! Poetry and My Mixture 965. My favourite blend!
Very lovely. Cheers
Lewis would be impressed ❤
"...Annihilating all that's made,
Into a green thought in a green shade.."
the cadence and unfolding steps, the sense of exploration flows along nicely - old enough to respect Arthurian vintage and fast enough for the modern reader - if the elves end up in your continuance of the legend as tutors then this allows Arthur that greater vision he is known for even more so - giving him the glory of the Tuatha de Danaan and that extra mystique which - well - makes him so able to sway men...I am reminded of "Dear and Glorious Physician" I think by Taylor Caldwell on St. Luke---well there is a passage where during Luke's education as a young man he learns from a visiting Chinese tutor - the whole idea expands Luke to a sort of friend of other cultures - as a real physician would have to be - this idea of the main figure encountering the teacher from far away is ever effective as a wake up call...and here again it is with Merlin...
Lovely! Thanks!
Hi Malcom, fantastic exceprt and looking forward to purchasing my copy. Best Wishes from Susssex.
Thank you. I enjoyed that. It's always a pleasure to listen to you.
Nothing goes better with a book than a pipe of MyMixture 965, Strepsils, Pint of Guiness along with a chaser of Cepacol. Hope your throat is on the mend Sir ❤️🩹
I found myself decidedly distracted by the distractions upon distractions of your delightfully rich domicile. 🙏🏼
This is wonderful! Truly a musical poem.
Putting aside some money now to make sure i can get these when they release, ive only recently discovered i can enjoy poetry and youve become one of my favourites to read and listen to. Thank you! Cant wait to someday share your poetry with my children when they get older
a very intresting take on a gap in the story... my take on it is similar but not quite so mythical or as poetic as yours... but imaginative all the same.
thank you kind Malcolm for your words and i always take comfort from them .
I cannot wait for these to be published so I can read them to my children.
I love it kind sir! Wonderful!
Fantastic!