A lost Narnian poem!

In this episode I read to you, from a lost manuscript I have recently rediscovered, the opening canto of a Narnian poem I wrote over forty years ago!
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[@joelharris4399]

Can you just imagine C.S Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Malcolm Guite huddled in a thick fog of pipe smoke, seated in The Eagle and Child conversing at length about literary matters over malted beer? That would have been a sight

[@crusader2112]

I would pay good money to be a fly on the wall in that room. 😎👍

[@joelharris4399]

@@crusader2112 I believe you!

[@Burley_Bert]

I can, and that brought a smile to my haggard face!

[@anonaki-mt6xb]

Don't forget the Longbottom Leaf!

[@julialumina1615]

i totale can imagine it!

[@Dark3stB3foreDawn]

Malcolm's presence never ceases to soothe me; he captures the heart regardless of its indifference to the written word.

[@bobbacon1398]

Well said

[@sarahburke8955]

I can't wait to hear the rest of the poem! Petition started to complete the work so we can all have a copy on our shelves ;)

[@ChadUSA]

Exactly this

[@mattrich680]

"...when the Pevensie children had returned to Narnia last time for their second visit, it was (for the Narnians) as if King Arthur came back to Britain, as some people say he will. And I say the sooner the better." - Lewis I second that!

[@Allen7181]

Oh, Malcolm!! Please, please, PLEASE finish and publish this amazing work you began in your younger days!! I am currently a high school English teacher, so your recollections of the rigors of living that particular dream made me feel happy to be in the best of company!! Clearly, God has given this poetic project back to you at precisely this time to finish it for a generation desperately in need of the truth it carries. Praying you will give the full gift you envisioned to the breathlessly waiting world! Thank you so much for all you do--my husband and I cannot get enough!!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I'll give it some thought - though at the moment I'm committed to completing my arthurian poem - but thanks for the encouragement!

[@rot4gutz]

Thankyou for your videos from a 21 year-old from SW England. I am permanently house-bound due to illness and wanted to say, your beautiful poems and book readings mean a lot to me. I cannot find the words to express the comfort your videos bring, and how they reignite a fire of creativity in me. It is a joy to hear you read and I cannot wait to be welcomed in to your wondrous study in the next video. Enjoy a lovely pipe and know that you are appreciated greatly.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks so much for sharing, and I am really glad to have brought you some comfort. All the best, Malcolm

[@DanielKellyFolkMusic]

Waiting for 40 years in a desk, to come to life for 5000+ people! Glorious!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks Daniel!

[@sethdcm4357]

I don’t think AI will ever be able to replicate the soul that is captured in that piece. Thanks for sharing.

[@SkelNeldory]

The problem isn't that AI could replace the soul of an artist. The problem is that most people don't care if art is soulless.

[@sethdcm4357]

@@SkelNeldory wisely said.

[@watcherofthewest8597]

It takes about three seconds to notice something is written by AI...in 20 years, it may take 5.

[@joelwhite2361]

The BOSS TR-2 Tremolo box really brings the vibe full-circle

[@lbhtyler]

Caught my eye too!

[@Burley_Bert]

Wow an amazing piece! I loved it! "And so she ruled by blast and blade, the winter desert she had made" fantastic!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joshuaslusher3721]

You should finish and publish this! I am going through the Chronicles with my sons right now, about to start Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They have seen the BBC classics many times and they enjoy getting the fuller story! God bless you!

[@BooksForever]

Remarkable work by a young man!

[@PerkinsPipes]

Love this! I am huge fan of both tetrameters and rhyming couplets. When my son was young, I re-wrote, I won’t quite say translated, Beowulf into ballad stanzas. Strongly metered poetry has received a bad reputation, but as poet Timothy Steele titled one of his books, All The Fun’s In How You Say a Thing.

[@annabb4016]

Malcolm,you have been a delightful companion to a Saturday afternoon’s sewing…

[@jeffcokenour3459]

Bravo! When you wrote that poem I was graduating from high school and joining the Navy.

[@isaac_buckley]

Thank you for your service!

[@stephensgate1]

Thank you Malcolm. I appreciate you sharing with us your thoughts and points of interest. All the best. -Stephen, Ohio 🇺🇸

[@ibexdnb2879]

Greetings from Essex, England.

[@justintierney2069]

I don’t love many things in life but I love each and everyone of your videos. Thank you for such blessings.

[@zoobee]

what an extraordinary recovery Malcolm. Truly remarkable. So amazing to share this with us.

[@professorlardy]

Thank you for sharing this with us Malcolm. I must admit I have never been hugely interested in poetry, however, I really enjoyed this. You must have inspired many a young mind in your teaching days with your passion and love for literature. Thank you again for your videos they are a wonderful way to disconnect from the stresses of the world for a short spell.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

You're very welcome

[@re1v3r]

I am excited to see Malcolm gain 100k subs!! He's worthy and deserving.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Fingers crossed!

[@benjamjarmin]

Hello Malcolm! So glad to see your upload on a sad day like today. Terrible news about Bernard. I hope that you are well. I have shown a few videos to my fiance. We like the thought of ageing gracefully surrounded by books, smoking and good coffee. To the future Kind Sir!

[@benjamjarmin]

I have not heard Iambic Pentameter since A Level. I see that this still has the constant feel to it. If I remember rightly, I was unable to explain why Dickens would write list after list of items within a setting. My teacher explained the style and effects later

[@benjamjarmin]

Leprous White... black, bleak . The L and the W cut off by a more abrupt Bl.. Bl... There's a lot here

[@sharonparks827]

Well done, Malcolm! So glad you recovered this magical writing so I could be transported to another time in my heart and imagination!

[@julialumina1615]

Another great video. I appreciate that you tried to do the students homework with them every time. I wish more teachers would think of learning like a collaboration, it would have done me a great favor in school.

[@Harry_Hausen]

What a privilege it would have been to be taught by you. A beautiful poem, I’ve no doubt Lewis would approve. It brings his wonderful world to life, the adventure, the peril and struggle, the joy. Wonderful.

[@jcmullins3871]

Found a series that you might be interested in, Britain's HiddenVillage hosted by Penelope Keith and I am watching this on Amazon Prime

[@00747xiii]

Good evening, sir. I must say, I can't remember a more pleasant and inviting study. Additionally, I am an English teacher at a high school in the heart of Germany. The concept of completing the same homework as your students is truly brilliant. It goes beyond learning; it fosters a strong, positive relationship with your students. You've really hit the nail on the head with that approach.

[@55mmartin]

Always such a pleasure to watch your latest video while I'm on my lunch break at work. What a lovely find you have there! Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@adriantamblyn-watts7308]

I go to bed encouraged, comforted, and enthralled.

[@jackmiller-adams4094]

Malcolm I absolutely adore your content and feel that you are doing more to get people reading again than many other organisations whose soul purpose is to do so! I also feel there could be a real appetite for a series of audiobooks if you could put yourself through that? Food for thought maybe. On a selfish note please can I request another video on Sherlock Holmes? Again thank you for all you have done and continue to do.

[@jg3685]

It's a lovely spring evening in a slightly warmer part of the world than the hobbits home where I was sprouted in the UK, but was even more warmed by this poetry. God bless 😊

[@JohnRutherford205]

I sincerely hope that we get to hear from the second canto soon! As a lifelong fan of the Narniad I really love the idea of this sort of interpretation.

[@Jay-vn2cq]

I'd love to sit down for an hour and just talk back and forth about everything and nothing while we both smoked the same blend of tobacco through our favourite pipes. This man is peace personified.

[@watcherofthewest8597]

If I had a teacher in 1982 teaching Lewis, Tolkien and assigning works pretending to be a Narnian poet I would have been in heaven, even though i wouldnt have appreciated it nearly enough.

[@ferntheneuropoet]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this with us!!! Great Bard of Narnia, in Truth we thank you!! If you ever have time to share more, you have a more than willing audience... I can imagine it all completed - a lovely pocket-sized book, well-worn from being read aloud around a cozy fireside... this is all that Narnia lacked in my childhood... The Lay of the Great Spring...❤

[@ronwoch]

Absolutely lovely! I will add mine to the chorus of voices hoping that you find both time and inspiration to finish this, so it may live on our shelves with the Chronicles, where it belongs!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Many thanks for the encouragement!

[@thedreadtyger]

your choice of the stress on the second half of the foot, the iamb, surprised me. i expected a trochaic metre, like the Kalevala, in a four-footed line. your result was truly fine.

[@a.j.r_ball]

And again the best side of KZbin!!! Hope carries on for the world!!!

[@malcolmhart1795]

Did, very much, thank you! What a treat... wow... wonderful writing, brilliant... so very much of our times today... "til they forgot to tend the tree"... heartbreaking, isn't it! Thanks for sharing, and we look forward to more, with our love to both of you. 💞💙

[@mattrich680]

Excellent! You have abstracted, then delved into Narnia the way Beowulf abstracts Smaug. Well, who came first gets a little confusing (no- not confusing: it was Logos). I've enjoyed all of your poetry and videos, but this was the first of your poems that penetrated immediately and clearly. Thank you as always for enlightening me.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tomaria100]

Wondrous, Malcolm! Thank you!

[@isaac_buckley]

Beautiful, thank you! That was the coolest thing I've heard all day! I didn't even realize you were matching the meter of the original rhyme the Beavers share until the end, that was such a brilliant idea. Thank you so much again for sharing! I'm excited to hear more of the Narniad!

[@user-tm9wn3zn6g]

Dear Mr. Guite writes your Ukrainian admirer. My name is Daniel and I am full of love for your work! I give cultural lectures at the Dnieper Central Library, and as part of this project I managed to work with such writers as G.L. Oldie, Marcus Gasser, Brian Lee Durfee, Dmitry Gubin and others. Tell me, dear Mr. Guite, is it possible to interview you for our library? Best of luck. Yours D.E.Paes

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Perhaps when Dnieper is restored again as part of a free Ukraine

[@cartercharlie1015]

Beautiful, Wizard Guite!

[@AaronR.Williams]

I have just begun my own writing of poetry journey. You have been a great inspiration for me, beginning to read and write. I love watching and listening to you. Thank you, Malcolm ❤

[@johnc6809]

Just lovely as always Malcolm. Your poem is a balm for my worldly cares. Have blessed day. Just repairing my little dinghy for a boat camping trip. My good friend has just bought one of the Caledonian Yawls that was featured in the 2010 film, of “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”. So I hope have a sail in her in a few days.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

The Caledonian Yawl is a gorgeous design I've never sailed one but I hope to some day

[@tomtammaro9442]

I never heard of Phantastes...but just received it in the mail. Gifting it to my wife. A beautiful hard cover. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@chrisk6434]

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us Malcolm!

[@roycejohnson4605]

Thanks, Evan. For sharing this wonderful Malcolm Guite episode. R.

[@stoicepictetus3875]

What a great find. Thank you for sharing Malcolm.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@marybrewer2203]

I got lost in your poetry, and forgot I was doing dinner dishes…love your gifts! Good night.

[@CheapSeats]

Absolutely lovely Sir. Thank you. My son is once again enchanted and enthralled by your words and retelling. Thank you.

[@HenryoShelton]

Wonderful reciting and equally wonderful writing. Excited for more!

[@oldandintheway1955]

What fun to find an early in-process work. Thanks for sharing it with us. 🥃 Having a wee dram of Kilkerran and G.H., Coniston Cut Plug, lovely Serene piping, G

[@brads1545]

Was I excited to see a new video posted? Yes, yes I was.

[@yusufsayed1583]

Good Afternoon 😊 Beautiful Read 📜 Thanks for sharing 👏🏼 Have a wonderful day 🤗 Greetings From South Africa 🇿🇦

[@julielancaster3644]

The starting point of much greater works ,thanks for sharing malcolm.

[@potatoplayz2436]

Always a pleasure to hear from you Malcolm!

[@andrewpiskel3561]

Wonderfully written. I hope that you get to finish the poem. Every time I see a video offering of yours appear, I can't wait to settle in to watch and listen. I don't always get to watch as soon as it appears, but I do find the time, usually with a pipe .

[@thomasandersen2534]

Such beautiful words thank you for sharing with us

[@cornbeef]

I have no idea how you can think of these poems, but I'm so glad you have done and I'm so glad that we get to hear your voice telling them. I'm about to go on some long plane flights and I think I might get the Narnia books to read to keep me company!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you like them!

[@peterjames2580]

God bless you brother. Thank you the beautiful words

[@TheMadPoetHimself]

Thanks for sharing this! Really love hearing other Narnia fans' poems.

[@susanowens1028]

This poem gave me chills, as truly great music will. Thank you for sharing it.

[@st.davidpipes]

Thank you for sharing this poem with us.

[@lexielixir]

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us! 🫶🏻

[@pipeandtalk]

Just my luck! An amazing day and I am having a raspberry cobbler aromatic in my churchwarden as I relax in my garden.. And I discover that Malcolm has uploaded a new video! Thank you my friend and hope your day is well!

[@dalemahfood7638]

Glorious! Glorious! Glorious! I would so love if you would complete the poem and publish it. I can see myself reading it to my grandchildren along with the Narnia books.

[@TruckinPiperBob]

Just wonderful, simply wonderful 😊

[@matheusbellini3188]

This was beautiful and powerful, you had me entranced by the rhythm and the memories of all these passages in the books. I would read all of the Chronicles of Narnia retold in this format!

[@taliaflor]

I never really liked poetry (always found most poetry to be a bit of self-serving and navel-gazing sentimentalism), but starting last year after I read Cinderbiter: Celtic Poems by Martin Shaw & Tony Hoagland my appreciation for poetry was sparkled. However, nothing whatsoever helps me appreciate and construct my poetic sense more than you, sir. Your sense for beauty and appreciation for the written word and the way you are able to transmit it is very touching to me. I am also giving my voice to the chorus of people who would like to see this poem finished and published someday, and who also eagerly waits for your Arthurian epic. I am not very good with words, so I cannot properly put down what I want to say. But at the very least, I would like to give you chears and thank you from a 25 year-old Brazillian woman, so that you know you are appreciated all the world over by people from both genders of all ages and backgrounds.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Many thanks for the encouragement! It's good to know I have such a young reader/listener!

[@catherine6802]

I was so mesmerized by your poem I had to listen to it more than once. I am enjoying your teachings very much.

[@gagecohlrae]

Beautifully read, as usual. Thank you so much Malcolm!

[@ursusthewhite9824]

Wonderful! Thank you and Christ keep thee in all thy works and joys!

[@paulhorsburgh]

You, sir, have a new subscriber. Thank you so much for this channel and what you bring to the world.

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

Yes! I was really hoping you would read what you found.

[@100yojimbo]

Looking forward to hearing the rest of your wonderful poem

[@crusader2112]

Beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing with us. God Bless 🙏🏻

[@kjmav10135]

I love this. Thank you so much, Malcolm!

[@steveblunden2295]

Hope this compliment isn’t taken the wrong way - the poem is very "Tolkienesque". I love it

[@countorringtonludlow5211]

It would look amazing in there with some dimmer edison bulb lighting with a reading light nearby.

[@LonelyMountainBand]

Someday we'll be old enough to start reading faerie tales again!

[@dancoomer8090]

Just a lovely poem!! Hope you are having a fine day.

[@andrewpinheiro7202]

Beautiful poem well done!

[@Rhineheimer]

Beautiful poem, thank you for sharing! God bless ❤️

[@andrewhill1965]

Very enjoyable reading sir. Thank you for sharing.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Nighttrainpiper]

Wow I loved the reference to the first joke. A favorite part of the Narniad - Scott

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks - I'm glad you picked that up!

[@Slip.Angull]

Wonderful! Thanks from MN, USA.

[@RachaelDenny-ct5mg]

I love this poem! It's given me a fresh perspective on my current writing project.

[@greyfeather7857]

Always enjoy whatever you read aloud but this was spellbinding thanks for sharing ✨📖🙏🏻

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ryanford9824]

Would love to hear more! And to have a copy grace my shelves one day 😉

[@waynebaker8549]

I always enjoy watching your videos from your study.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you like them!

[@jodiesargent7295]

I am a new friend listening to you read .Cant wait to hear more. 🙂

[@doorntreader7624]

Enchanting stuff. Love it.

[@ET102]

Love it!

[@genem3785]

Thank you for sharing this, Malcolm!

[@johnfife3062]

I enjoyed that very much and would like to hear more....

[@rossmiles5760]

That was wonderful ❤ hope we can hear more

[@sandraevans7881]

That was absolutely brilliant. Like going into The Wardrobe for btief visit. Thank you .

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SempreGumby]

You are giving breath to a familiar story. Heard before in other places of the time before Noah

[@bradfordlangston836]

Very enjoyable Dr. Guite. Thank you.