A three pipe poem (ode to a Peterson!)

In this video I show you two beautiful books and read you a new poem about the combined pleasures of smoking, reading and composing. Here's the poem:
A Three Pipe Lockdown Poem
And so my solitude resumes,
I settle down to light my pipe
And fill the air with fragrant fumes
And muse awhile, till I am ripe
With mellowed verse, and empty time
Is ready to be filled with rhyme.
Ranged on my shelves in patient print
The poets keep me company:
One phrase of theirs might be the hint,
The prompt for some new harmony;
Their echoes in my mind repeat
And their old meters keep the beat.
For in my mind their minstrelsy
Is somehow kindled and renewed,
As Andrew Marvel stands with me
In my ‘delicious solitude’,
I smoke a pipe with Tennyson
As Larkin nods to Betjeman.
Their echoes in my mind repeat,
Their cadences still fill my soul,
Call me to capture, to complete,
To make my broken verses whole,
To draw their courses where they run
And mould the many into one.
So help me, my old Peterson,
And let your incense still inspire,
Smoke sweetly till my task is done,
Your bowl aglow with friendly fire,
Until I bring, in true repose,
My three pipe poem to a close.
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[@Nighttrainpiper]

Cheers, I smoked a bowl with Guite this cold winter evening. One of the best!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

glad you could join me!

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Petersons are my favourite pipes, too. My very first was a small ‘standard system’ full bent, which I still have thirty odd years on; it’s a sturdy little smoker. I currently have six Petersons in all (I’ve gifted several over the years), but none from the S.H. collection; the “Professor” is a lovely shape - my next purchase, if I can get it. Happy smokes!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks for sharing!

[@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist]

Brilliant. Why have I only just found your channel?

[@imawrench]

Excellent, just excellent....Starting with the Peterson book, then into your Mothers book of treasures, and finally your Three Pipe Poem. Well done! Be well, Stephen

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@anthonyferrarajr.2115]

By the way: the Peterson professor in the Holmes series is my absolute favorite pipe. I will have one someday. Your awesome 👌👏

[@matttdb]

3:13 when you spot the book you've been looking for and get that giddy feeling inside your gut. Always a pleasure to watch your videos, sir. Thank you for the posts and wise words.

[@gentlemaninjapan1994]

Absolutely beautiful, I'm almost crying

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks

[@thebatski]

And I do have a Peterson "Professor." One of my favorites!

[@bcj842]

I have but one Peterson. It is the first briar pipe I ever bought. It was unsmoked in its original box at an antique shop. I love it, but one thing’s for sure, if you pack it full you’re not going anywhere for quite some time. That bowl is very large.

[@palmtree9815]

❤I watch you because it brings me comfort. This was so good 🕊

[@b.b.holmes8255]

Great again, there is never a video i dislike that comes from this channel

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I appreciate that!

[@anglingpiper6560]

Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for sharing not only this new poem but also such wonderful history and inspiration. God bless.

[@VirginiaHanslien]

This was a much needed break from life Malcolm! Thank you!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks!

[@byronmoralesjr]

“Smoke sweetly till my task is done” absolutely stunning words!!

[@LeftHandedWords]

More pipe videos, please!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I'll bear that in mind!

[@swingkid100]

What an absolute delight, thank you

[@daniel_miller]

I really enjoy your videos, thanks so much. I aspired to be an academic when I was in college, but now fix violins. Trying to get back to writing poetry and am definitely smoking my pipes again! I always love the pipe info.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks, I admire anyone who has the skill to work on violins and guitars!

[@oldandintheway1955]

Delightful Malcolm, thank you. I currently have one Peterson in my pipe rotation, but I love it dearly; it was a gift from my ever so sweet wife.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Wonderful!

[@3riverspiper1792]

"A three pipe poem " ....... An 'Absolute' classic, thank you so much for sharing, probably my enjoyment has been enriched, as whilst listenting to your reading, I was also smoking a K&P Peterson of my own, filled with a particually meditative Samuel Gawith Blend to complete the experience. God Bless. Steve.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Excellent, we may not be able to meet together but at least we can, in some sense, smoke together!

[@SelfSufficientZ]

Lovely Malcolm! I'm borrowing a copy of Oxford's Book of English Verse from my local library right now after your suggestion! I think I will enjoy one of my Peterson pipes along with it tonight :) Wonderful poem!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Go for it! its a great anthology!

[@GreathMusic]

Lovely poem-- plenty of opportunity for "delicious solitude" at the moment

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Indeed!

[@spasaire]

Ah just marvellous.

[@-NewtonPiper-]

A wonderful story and poem Malcom. You are always able to transport our minds across the chasm of possibilities. Thank you 😊👍

[@onenoggin1883]

Absolutely outstanding! I just discovered your channel. As a lover of pipes and poetry I feel like I am sitting with an old friend watching my first video if yours! I think I'll fill my pipe and sit down for more. Thank you!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks, enjoy that pipe!

[@SrJaime102]

Wonderful poem. I just saw this video again while smoking my K&P Sherlock Holmes because tobacco smokes better when paired with lovely poetry. Thanks for sharing your writing with us. I'm curious about what tobacco was burning in your pipe when that poem was born. Best wishes Jaime

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks. when I wrote that poem I was smoking Peterson Deluxe Navy Rolls!

[@myceliums1059]

Such an interesting Gentleman, beautifully written and read as always. Thank you Sir.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks for listening

[@reneg.4799]

Very nice poem i live it👍

[@shinyhappyshibas1385]

Delightful!

[@Eire_Go_Deo]

One of my favourite videos of yours! As a Dubliner I’m incredibly fond of Beckett’s writing.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

excellent, I must do a whole thing on Becket some time

[@antr7493]

LOL I have a great big smile on my face. I just watched your " Old And Worn: A Birthday Song!". Need more guitar please. I will check Amazon for your books. Good Night and a good morning with the coffee I sent over ☕☕☕☕☕ P.S. Some Elvis next time would be wonderful lol 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Many thanks for the coffees, and as it happens the one I've posted just now has some guitar, but I'll do some more with a full song soon

[@Blakefan2520]

I enjoyed it indeed!

[@raouldontneedthem3416]

Thank you for your nice poem!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks for listening

[@anthonyferrarajr.2115]

You are the best. I cant help but have an affinity for all that is you, Sir. Your way with words speaks to me. Cheers!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

You are very welcome

[@reamus9102]

That was absolutely wonderful Mr Guites. Thank you for sharing that with us.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidbourke9439]

Smoking my Petersons Sherlock Holmes Baskerville while watching this. Thanks for sharing this poem and you family stories.

[@TO-ps2qq]

The best pipe tobacco I have ever smoked was called Eclair, it was from the Tobak Shack in Eagan Minnesota. This tobacco never caused me tongue bite.

[@algonquinbriar5647]

Hello Mr. Guite. I recently discovered your channel and i am thoroughly enjoying your chats, pipes and literature. Thank you and be well.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks and welcome

[@TheGentlemanScholar]

A true gentleman scholar! Greatly enjoyed this video!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thank you kindly

[@jurgsbradley342]

Dear Malcome, let me say that you are an inspiration, a delight , a conjure of educational verse that soothes my thirsty quest for wit and pleasure. I hail to thee as a father figure for the renaissance of my love for poetry, literature, a wee dram and a good pipe. All the best from a half Scot in Germany. P.s. I would love to have a chat, a dram and a smoke with you sometime in the future. All the very best, Jurgen

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks, I hope that can happen

[@scotlandssherlockpiper551]

You are so relaxing sir I'm enjoying your channel can listen to you all day long

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@terragthegreat175]

6:13 goddamn that was a crisp match strike.

[@TheMagicianPiper]

New subscriber sir. Love the pipe/reading room.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Welcome aboard!

[@Smijth]

Lovely verses from both Marvell and you! Speaking of poems about delicious solitude, there's this one I've always liked from Emily Dickinson: There is another Loneliness That many die without - Not want of friend occasions it Or circumstance of Lot But nature, sometimes, sometimes thought And whoso it befall Is richer than could be revealed By mortal numeral - Thanks for enriching our solitude, Malcolm!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks - I love Dickinson!

[@MarkEGreen-rf4on]

Good evening Malcolm, Why is it that I'm not surprised that you have a book on Kapp and Peterson! I started smoking a pipe as a student, which was rather eccentric in 1980, but could never smoke a bent Peterson as the smoke would get up my nose and irritate my sinuses. This has always been a problem and has led me to stop and start smoking. I began smoking my straight Peterson billiard 10 months ago but felt the need to stop in November. Alas, after watching your videos with you puffing away, the longing to pick up the habit again is becoming stronger! I wonder if most pipe smokers get these problems with sinus? Are you still smoking black cherry, Malcolm? And do you smoke other blends? In these dark times perhaps one should permit oneself a pipe, and a tipple of what takes your fancy! God bless.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks, I also smoke deluxe Navy Rolls and Sherlock Holmes

[@billdemudd6697]

I wish i'd found the prof early on in the PD? Good stuff,hi prof,loved your cs lewis lecture and your vid on tolkien pipe Smoking some full virginia flake through a falcon/plymouth meer/briar bowl

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@potatokitty]

What a cool book.

[@ericdingler672]

Love it! Thank you brother! 💨💨💨

[@anathema2579]

The poem was fabulous

[@mikedouglas3534]

sold out everywhere i can find ---- o my

[@bryangesinger8898]

Hi, Malcolm! Thank you for sharing your poem in honor of Peterson. I wrote one in 2009, which, with my permission, the Peterson staff displayed in its historic Museum. Messrs. Irwin and Malmberg omitted it from their history of the Peterson brand. While I should have liked to see it included in _The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp and Peterson_, I think the Peterson staff more properly qualified to assess its quality and value than Mark and Gary are.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

what an honour to have your poem in the Peterson Museum!

[@mudlarkingmarionette]

Haha I saw you actively using your incense pipe in this one for another purpose and in my book it would have been very welcome. The one and only ode I ever wrote paying attention to the structural intricacies was called Comm-Ode to Brexit ; but that was a few years ago now.

[@ripheuer2701]

This genus of human is extremely rare..a true decent man concerned with the sublime..the best way to live..add horses and dogs and big wild country..adulterous women ..make a little film..one of those ain’t what you think gigs..

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

I know this might be a tall order to ask of you, but I'd really appreciate it if you'd make a video on pipe smoking, how to smoke one properly and care for one.

[@sirvelociraptor2590]

I'm not sure if you know, but the youtuber muttnchop piper (I think) is exactly what you're looking for

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

ah yes, but, see the comment below I think there are already some great videos out there that do that!

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

@@MalcolmGuitespell I understand that there are others and I have watched their videos. But you seem particularly avuncular and very much out of something Tolkien would have written ☺️

[@MrOj53]

Good evening Malcolm. I am a Swede with hair on almost my entire head, often sit and read and smoke a few pipes. A few years ago I got a box of handmade pipes, mostly Danish, but there was a "Petersen`s ......d arte kidare 05s Made in the Republic of Ireland" mouthpiece is stamped "P". What puzzles me is that it has no silver ring and I have not been able to find the model. When I saw that you have a book about Petersen, maybe you can help me with information. Thanks in advance. Merry Christmas! and happy New Year!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

yes its one of Peterson's Kildare series which did not have the silver ring

[@saxoungrammaticus9132]

I am looking into pipe smoking, but unfortunately I rent and there is a no smoking policy. I have a balcony fortunately, but I wonder what I'd do in winter

[@anthonyferrarajr.2115]

Pipe tobacco has an awesome room note. If you get creative with candles, cooking or a glade plug in, the smome dissipates unlike cigarette smoke. No paper, no additives to yellow your walls. I smoke indoors in my bathroom, and all my non smoking girls, always want to use my bathroom but wont even enter a cigarette smokers house. Personal experience

[@saxoungrammaticus9132]

@@anthonyferrarajr.2115 that's very useful advice, thank you.

[@anthonyferrarajr.2115]

I read over my comment and noticed the comment of" my girls' , I should make note that I meant daughters, their friends, my sisters and their daughters and of course, the Mrs. ; I by no means am a playboy. Happy smoking

[@aljurje]

Cold, fresh air is good when combined with tobacco smell and smoke! You don't have to fill up your pipe, so as to have to stay outside for an hour, you can fill it for a half an hour, which, in my experience, is just perfect! Enjoy your smokes!

[@breal6910]

Important question. So, I appreciate the pipe community here. Do ANY of you smokers suffer from high blood pressure? I have high blood pressure and want to smoke pipe as well. Do any of you deal with this

[@anselman3156]

I thought this was going to be a tribute to Jordan!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

haha!

[@anselman3156]

@@MalcolmGuitespell I do love your pipes. I always imagined I'd acquire similar if I ever took up smoking. I remain content with happy memories of my fathers' contented puffing of aromatic tobacco.

[@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist]

You obviously enjoy your Petersons, I'm curious to know what your tobacco of choice is? Thoroughly enjoying your channel for poetry, literature, and pipe smoking.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks, glad you're enjoying it, I smoke Kendall black cherry for milder day time smokes and Maclelland Bombay extra for an evening smoke!

[@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist]

@@MalcolmGuitespell Thank you, Malcolm. I'm actually just uploading a video now where I give you a shout out. All the best

[@aljurje]

Hello, Sir! Is that pipe on the shelf a 317? I thoroughly enjoy your poetry and share it with my pipe smoking friends. Slainte!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

not sure which shelf, the one just to the right of my shoulder when I'm reading is a dublin 304

[@aljurje]

@@MalcolmGuitespell the pipe you bought in 77, the one you took and then put back on the shelf. Thank you.

[@Divineknowledeg8459]

Can you upload a video that your smoking when reading a newspaper

[@rameybutler6555]

a side question, do you own any other brands? Such as a corn cob or a Dr.Graybow? i'm very curious about it, or is your love of the shaped heather strictly with petterson? i would love to hear your thoughts.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I have some Ratrays and a Savinelli

[@theswede1276]

Are you able to put filters in Peterson Pipes? Or do you prefer no filter? I prefer no filter. I will have a Peterson pipe someday.😊😊

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I prefer no filter both for pipes and photography!

[@theswede1276]

Thank you for reading poetry and your knowledge of poetry.

[@Robinom]

Which pipe are you smoking?