Revisiting Philip Larkin

The first of two episodes in which I share my love of Philip Larkin’s poetry
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[@CHR588]

I was delighted when I found Larkin too

[@stephengambill4815]

Thank you for continuing to do these brother. They are so enriching!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

My pleasure!

[@AmyIllustration-do8ck]

Fabulous fun Larkin around with you!

[@zosko1]

Just found these, pleaae never stop making them!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

welcome aboard!

[@zoobee]

your commentary is a blessing Malcolm, I cant tell you how enjoyable I find your videos.

[@linjicakonikon7666]

This gentleman is the very image I have in my mind of Tom Bombadill from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

[@pauljones5066]

No hidden agenda, no covert desire or plan of operation

[@xwngdrvr]

He does seem to be a merry fellow.

[@awildwandering]

Thankful to discover your work. Reminds me a bit of Padraig O Tuama who brings poetry to life for the rest of us. Lol😢 Such beautiful language for grief. A place I'm wandering in now.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I know Padraig - an excellent poet - sorry to hear about the grief. I published an anthology of grief poems called 'Love, Remember' which includes one of Padraig's -it might be helpful

[@DanielKellyFolkMusic]

So happy that you didn't follow the path of Keats and made it through your 20s to share these spells with us Malcolm!

[@stewartconacher6552]

Really enjoyed this.Looking forward to the next episode.

[@purestilton]

Wonderful stuff thank you Malcolm

[@johnmooney9403]

Always find your videos are so relaxing to watch Michael. Especially after a gruelling day. Fascinating the various poets and writers you enjoy.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you like them!

[@johnmooney9403]

Sorry I should have said Malcolm not Michael.

[@johnmooney9403]

Do you read any of Edgar allan Poe's poems and short stories Malcolm?

[@tonywalton1052]

"slim volumes of philip larkin" I need nothing more.

[@salh8742]

As Larkins’ transcendant qualities become more widely resonant, particularly thanks to discussions such as this, longevity will ensure this great poet takes his place among the Greats. A warm appreciative (and appreciated) presentation. Love the Jack Hargreaves style 👍.

[@user-kv4fe5do7h]

Discovered Philip Larkin when reading a book by Julian Barnes HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10 AND A HALF CHAPTERS,,,,,, the Poem mentioned was THE ARUNDLE TOMB,,,,,,, just thought I'd mention,,, I'm advocate for Shakespeare (tour guide at the SNP) into Fydor Dostevsky,,, Bob Dylan err Jorge Luis borges err yes Larkin love him 😂 thanks a lot for this well done 😂

[@asacraig9876]

This is an amazing video!

[@richqualls5157]

Great poetry!

[@gentlemaninjapan1994]

Always nice to smoke a pipe listening to pieces from your library sir Guite! Thanks as always, absolutely beautiful

[@shari6063]

Wonderful poetry! Thank you for sharing Phillip Larkin with me this morning!

[@mariesheel5813]

Thank you for these poems. I’d read about Larkin’s centennial but hadn’t yet read his work. This will prod me forward.

[@tiarwa581]

i have only recently stumbled into Larkin’s work. so far i adore his work. my favorite so far is ‘Christmas 1940’ the lines “So much to say that I have never said // Or ever could” so gutting

[@oculii1]

Lovely; you have found your calling.

[@pauljones5066]

Poetry is alive and well in Yorkshire today

[@matwoolf7530]

Hi Malcolm, so lovely to hear your narration. The explanation of Larkin's waves upon the shore - painted pictures in my mind - in 'real-time,' as iswas Larkin's intention. I found High Windows same ways as you did, but being a decade afterward in '85. By then 'Toads' a big school curriculum kind of a poem. Today I suffer chinless guilt: in one lifetime/never evolved/beyond adoration of Larkin - member of his suburban bore audience/ the suckling 'Aubade'/ bike clips, late night drunkard, English maudlin prince. Him, and me also actually :). See you, all best

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I think his line about taking off his cycle clips 'in awkward reverence' is one of the best lines in English poetry

[@joelharris4399]

Your animated engagement with the oldies and treatment of the musicality of poetry provides much stimulating thought. I'm happy to have stumbled into your channel. Too bad most people these days won't appreciate it.

[@waynecraske711]

Nice :) . In each OCD flair I've had over the past year (since i started to watch your videos), I've found you a genial companion :) . It's difficult to express, sometimes, how an unknown person-previously unknown, that is- can have such an effect.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I'm so glad these little films are helping you!

[@stuartgreen4512]

Fantastic as ever!

[@reaganwiles_art]

Yes sir

[@willsuttie3683]

At university in Hull I read Larkin in his library, a beautiful brutalist bolette called Brynmor :)

[@davidknox5929]

Thx for Larkin.

[@argentinagalos6205]

These videos are steps into poetry ,real lectures of understanding the deep meaning of metaphors ,the beauty and evocative power of words. Thank you for these beauty spells !

[@Gspitaletti]

So beautiful

[@KitCalder]

As far as the "afresh, afresh, afresh" repetition emphasising the ending implicit in beginnings (and vice versa), I fancy the fact it's repeated *3* times is (transcendentally) significant.

[@jameslabs1]

Thanks

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

The ol’ double shelved! 😊

[@st.davidpipes]

Diloch ywn fawr!

[@reaganwiles_art]

Damned old Larkin. So close.

[@Nighttrainpiper]

Our mortality and transience on this planet is a gift. Larkin and the Psalmist understood the beauty of brevity.

[@Lighter420]

My favorite poem ever is one by Larkin. This Be The Verse.

[@carolinafine8050]

We’d all be better people with a teacher like Malcolm in our lives

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

you are most kind

[@timspring4412]

Hi Malcolm, as a contemporary of yours I would be very interested to know which teacher recommended Larkin. I remember doing Larkin and the Liverpool poets with two of our teachers but I can’t remember the context. Might have been some kind of sixth form general studies, but there were some teachers in to Larkin. I recall one of the teachers was a younger and more trendy guy from the Modern Languages department, and I think the other was from the English department. I recall you were always in completely different sets from me until Mr Bennett’s A level English, so I guess you missed out on the class that I remember.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I think it was Frank Hambidge, the teacher who also showed me how iambic pentameter works, for which I am eternally grateful!

[@timspring4412]

Sadly I have no memory of him; it all seems such a long time ago! Love all that you are doing and I’ll email you sometime soon. Warmest regards, Tim.

[@mrickenbacherwest]

Wonderful. Did you go back to the teacher who suggested Larkin to you and let him know what you thought? And did Larkin inspire any changes in your writing? I think Keats would have enjoyed him as well. Thank you and so glad to have you back. Your posts are like oxygen.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks, yes i did and I think he was very pleased

[@johnburgess6572]

Onomatopoeia ?

[@Mordecai0]

5:15

[@willismeredith]

Thank you, and if you were in the same position today, who would today's Larkin be for you? Thanks for the videos I'm really enjoying them and finding them a great introduction to poetry. All the best.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

good question. perhaps Don Paterson

[@willismeredith]

@@MalcolmGuitespell thanks Malcolm.

[@panamahat5973]

I recently made a video on Larkin! I'd be grateful if an august person such as yourself would give it a watch.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

post the link here

[@panamahat5973]

@@MalcolmGuitespell Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX2nXpybfKuGmNU Also, can you recommend any good manuscript books or notebooks? Do you prefer A4 or something more pocket-sized?

[@shari6063]

First!

[@funjuror]

Which tobaccos do you enjoy?

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Kendal Black Cherry

[@QHarefield]

"The music, the beauty, the lucency, the cadence - all that seemed to be gone ." "... chopped up prose ..." Precisely. My feelings entirely!

[@MatthewHilbertsBaritone]

Basically, you were looking for something that was beautiful in and of itself as poetry, not something that had been decorated to be beautiful, but something that was beautifully formed in its natural structure and rhythm.

[@perceptionmanagement2116]

Nothing wrong with a good prose poem. There's a reason Bukowski has millions of adherents, while Larkin does not. As always, I've thoroughly enjoyed your video.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

actually Larkin was and is one of the most popular poets in England so he probably has millions of readers too

[@fraserdonachie5792]

… “a kind of welfare state sub-poetry” …