Here are a couple of fine poems from the great, and underrated Cornish poet If you'd like to encourage me with coffee and cake you can do so here www.buymeacoffee.com/malcolmg...
I've enjoyed this poem since secondary school back in the 60's and used it in the classroom and carol services in church on several occasions. Good to hear it appreciated. Thanks.
Thank you for Charles Causley. As a former hospital chaplain I enjoy his ‘Ten Types of Hospital Visitor’. It’s a very witty and superbly observed poem.
I hopes you'd read Eden Rock, one of my favourite poems. Charles Causley's verse was introduced to me by a poet called Fred Johnston, who lives here in County Galway. I think it's about time I bought a copy of Causley's collected works.
I am so blessed this channel found me. I have been watching many of your videos. I never thought poetry could be so delicious. I am learning much. Thank you so much for doing these. Adam.
@@MalcolmGuitespell Yes, I even purchased a poetry for beginners book that teaches the intricacies of reading poetry, and how one can get the most out of it. I, being a good German Lutheran who anticipates the Advent season, purchased your book, "Waiting on the Word" and am excited to start reading it tomorrow on December 1st. Thanks again for enriching my life sir.
I've never heard of him, though there are so many UK poets we are never introduced to here in America. Beautiful reading, especially that first one, with the "three suns," which is a wild mysterious image. We have been making images in our heads for thousands upon thousands of years, images that are not fully articulable or even fully perceivable by our left brain selves, and the danger now is that that implicit image-making will be lost with social media and phones and Netflix. My fifth grade teacher read us Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening," and then asked whose house it was. Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Later, she said the house might be God's. Blew me away!
Earlier today before I saw this I sent Eden Rock to a friend of mine who turned 70 just today. We grew up together and I initially said to her how it might be nice to go back to Worthington Heights Parkway and Cuba Road ( in rural Maryland) for one day in the 1960s. Then I sent her Eden Rock which rather does the same thing. A coincidence that I later discovered Malcolm Guite sharing the same poem. I love Causley above all poets. My favorite ballad of his is the one about Catherine of Aragon. And no C of E church should be without Innocent's Song on December 28th.
Entirely unfamiliar with Causley, but I very much appreciated your reading. I very much liked the second poem. It has a perfect singsong quality that reminds me of the little ditties that kids come up with on the playground, a singing, rhyming game.
Hello Malcolm! I recently discovered your CZcams channel and your interview with Brian on the pipes magazine radio show podcast. I really enjoyed your video where you read a couple of Charles Causley poems! So much so that I’ve included that book on my Christmas wishlist this year. I used to love poetry as a young child but somehow through the course of adolescence, my joy of it seemed to fall by the wayside. Thanks to your videos though, that flame has been rekindled. You have also rekindled my interest in Peterson pipes. I started out with a straight spigot that I didn’t enjoy and so I swore off petersons for awhile. Now though I recently picked up one of their Sherlock Holmes pipes and I think it’s a keeper. Your story of your career in the church and in academia has also inspired me to continue my education. I recently started back at university to pursue a bachelor’s in anthropology. I have always been fascinated by various cultures and societies, especially their storied collections of folklore. I hope to eventually earn a PhD and become a university professor! I just wanted to reach out to tell you how much of a fan I am and to thank you for all the inspiration!
I am a Cornish poet from the same area. I had met a girl who I talked with for a while who taught me of Causley in Launceston where he was from, she with thick ginger hair and a pretty face. I spent the evening reading his work, It was a delight to have learned of him and read his verses.
It’s a great last line. Family - parents. Death. Visionary. Details of the humdrum made universal. Three suns? I know of one sun here, two on distant Tatooine but three . . . A leisurely beckoning from the other side.
ah yes, the three suns, perhaps it is the three of them in their larger souls, for there we shall shine like the sun, or perhaps it is a hint of the Trinity
How strange to find this recorded so recently, I was also hoping to hear Jack the Treacle Eater as I live nearby the folly and find it all very magical and fascinating💖🥰 I Will be listening to more of your videos! Thank you x
After The Accident, Who? Caistor Town, What Has Happened To Lulu, At The British War Cemetery, Bayeau, I Am The Great Sun are all hauntingly beautiful and from a singer who has found his voice.
Thank you I am so glad I found you and with Christmas forthcoming your reading is so apt and funny. The Lamb and Flag pub made me laugh 😃, thank you. Enemy of the State is also apt in these ever so constricting times.
Thank you for for this, I greatly enjoy your channel; although I do find my shopping list ever growing! I recently received David's Crown as a gift from my daughters and I have to say I found it spellbinding:)
I am a Pagan woman, same as my parents had been. I follow the ways of our ancestors before the middle eastern religion was forced onto our people. But i do enjoy your videos and content all the same. Thank you
Thanks to Rick Stein’s TV programme on Cornwall……I’ve never heard of Charles Causley….Why,oh Why,!!!.Now 91 years old,Why oh Why have I not heard of such a beautiful Poet.
Hi Malcolm! I came across your page in the middle of COVID and have enjoyed every journey into your crowded hobbit hole. As I have watched your videos I have more and more become interested in Poetry. In the past I always had an aversion to it but desire to grow to love it as much as you and many others do. Could you give m your top 5 poets? Who would you encourage me to to read as a beginner?
@@MalcolmGuitespell I just found a a copy of British Poets of the 19th Century at my used bookstore and it has poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Landor, Tennyson, Elizabeth, Barrett Browning, Robert browning, Clough, Arnold, Rossetti, Morris, and Swinburne
"Timothy Winters" is his famous poem about the beginnings of the Welfare State. Wonderful poem. And here we are in the 2020s, still saying, how can there possibly still be children in such deprivation in our rich country. ❤
Thank you for exposing me to the emotion and nostalgia of Eden Rock and the Breadman through both the reciting and explanations ❤
I’ve never heard of him either but that was beautiful and the second poem reduced me to tears. Thank you, as ever.
Beautiful.
I've enjoyed this poem since secondary school back in the 60's and used it in the classroom and carol services in church on several occasions. Good to hear it appreciated. Thanks.
Just discovered you last week, this is now my favorite thing to watch while I unwind and smoke a pipe. God Bless
the ballad of the breadman wonderful, and you read it superbly
That is splendid! Thank you for sharing Malcolm 🙂
Both these poems had me in tears this morning….thank you. I did wonder if you were going to read Timothy Winters, one of my favourites.
That was great! Thanks for sharing.
Just fab...
Malcolm, you're a treasure. Slainte to you!
Thank you for Charles Causley. As a former hospital chaplain I enjoy his ‘Ten Types of Hospital Visitor’. It’s a very witty and superbly observed poem.
A wonderful reading!
I hopes you'd read Eden Rock, one of my favourite poems. Charles Causley's verse was introduced to me by a poet called Fred Johnston, who lives here in County Galway. I think it's about time I bought a copy of Causley's collected works.
*hoped (not hopes!)
Loved "Eden Rock"... thanks for sharing.
I am so blessed this channel found me. I have been watching many of your videos. I never thought poetry could be so delicious. I am learning much. Thank you so much for doing these. Adam.
welcome aboard!
@@MalcolmGuitespell Yes, I even purchased a poetry for beginners book that teaches the intricacies of reading poetry, and how one can get the most out of it. I, being a good German Lutheran who anticipates the Advent season, purchased your book, "Waiting on the Word" and am excited to start reading it tomorrow on December 1st. Thanks again for enriching my life sir.
I've never heard of him, though there are so many UK poets we are never introduced to here in America. Beautiful reading, especially that first one, with the "three suns," which is a wild mysterious image. We have been making images in our heads for thousands upon thousands of years, images that are not fully articulable or even fully perceivable by our left brain selves, and the danger now is that that implicit image-making will be lost with social media and phones and Netflix. My fifth grade teacher read us Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening," and then asked whose house it was.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Later, she said the house might be God's. Blew me away!
that was a great answer she gave you!
Thank you for sharing your joy of poetry!
Earlier today before I saw this I sent Eden Rock to a friend of mine who turned 70 just today. We grew up together and I initially said to her how it might be nice to go back to Worthington Heights Parkway and Cuba Road ( in rural Maryland) for one day in the 1960s. Then I sent her Eden Rock which rather does the same thing. A coincidence that I later discovered Malcolm Guite sharing the same poem. I love Causley above all poets. My favorite ballad of his is the one about Catherine of Aragon. And no C of E church should be without Innocent's Song on December 28th.
Entirely unfamiliar with Causley, but I very much appreciated your reading. I very much liked the second poem. It has a perfect singsong quality that reminds me of the little ditties that kids come up with on the playground, a singing, rhyming game.
Sláinte! These were so beautiful. Thank you for introducing me to Causley!
Thank you, Father. I've just ordered a book of Causley's verse!
I love both, thank you
Numinous! A fine new word for me. Always a pleasure to hear a good peom ..thank you.
Hello Malcolm! I recently discovered your CZcams channel and your interview with Brian on the pipes magazine radio show podcast. I really enjoyed your video where you read a couple of Charles Causley poems! So much so that I’ve included that book on my Christmas wishlist this year. I used to love poetry as a young child but somehow through the course of adolescence, my joy of it seemed to fall by the wayside. Thanks to your videos though, that flame has been rekindled. You have also rekindled my interest in Peterson pipes. I started out with a straight spigot that I didn’t enjoy and so I swore off petersons for awhile. Now though I recently picked up one of their Sherlock Holmes pipes and I think it’s a keeper. Your story of your career in the church and in academia has also inspired me to continue my education. I recently started back at university to pursue a bachelor’s in anthropology. I have always been fascinated by various cultures and societies, especially their storied collections of folklore. I hope to eventually earn a PhD and become a university professor! I just wanted to reach out to tell you how much of a fan I am and to thank you for all the inspiration!
many thanks Clint I'm so glad that some of the things Ive done and am doing have inspired you
M
Thanks for your sharing...
I am a Cornish poet from the same area. I had met a girl who I talked with for a while who taught me of Causley in Launceston where he was from, she with thick ginger hair and a pretty face. I spent the evening reading his work, It was a delight to have learned of him and read his verses.
some good memories there
Good to see you again Malcolm. Thx for the video. They are always encouraging:)
It’s a great last line.
Family - parents. Death. Visionary. Details of the humdrum made universal. Three suns? I know of one sun here, two on distant Tatooine but three . . . A leisurely beckoning from the other side.
ah yes, the three suns, perhaps it is the three of them in their larger souls, for there we shall shine like the sun, or perhaps it is a hint of the Trinity
Fantastic!
This is such a vibe
How strange to find this recorded so recently, I was also hoping to hear Jack the Treacle Eater as I live nearby the folly and find it all very magical and fascinating💖🥰 I Will be listening to more of your videos! Thank you x
Fine poetry with a fine pipe and whisky to savor the words by.
After The Accident, Who? Caistor Town, What Has Happened To Lulu, At The British War Cemetery, Bayeau, I Am The Great Sun are all hauntingly beautiful and from a singer who has found his voice.
Thank you I am so glad I found you and with Christmas forthcoming your reading is so apt and funny. The Lamb and Flag pub made me laugh 😃, thank you. Enemy of the State is also apt in these ever so constricting times.
yes indeed
Thank you for for this, I greatly enjoy your channel; although I do find my shopping list ever growing! I recently received David's Crown as a gift from my daughters and I have to say I found it spellbinding:)
many thanks for the encouragement!
I am a Pagan woman, same as my parents had been. I follow the ways of our ancestors before the middle eastern religion was forced onto our people. But i do enjoy your videos and content all the same. Thank you
you're welcome. it is a hundred times better to be a pagan than an atheist or materialist
Well read, very enjoyable.
Is that a Peterson Derry pipe?
yes!
Thanks to Rick Stein’s TV programme on Cornwall……I’ve never heard of Charles Causley….Why,oh Why,!!!.Now 91 years old,Why oh Why have I not heard of such a beautiful Poet.
Hi Malcolm! I came across your page in the middle of COVID and have enjoyed every journey into your crowded hobbit hole. As I have watched your videos I have more and more become interested in Poetry. In the past I always had an aversion to it but desire to grow to love it as much as you and many others do. Could you give m your top 5 poets? Who would you encourage me to to read as a beginner?
top 5: Keats, Shelley, Coleridge, Hopkins, Heaney
start with keats
@@MalcolmGuitespell I just found a a copy of British Poets of the 19th Century at my used bookstore and it has poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Landor, Tennyson, Elizabeth, Barrett Browning, Robert browning, Clough, Arnold, Rossetti, Morris, and Swinburne
"Timothy Winters" is his famous poem about the beginnings of the Welfare State. Wonderful poem. And here we are in the 2020s, still saying, how can there possibly still be children in such deprivation in our rich country. ❤
Do we know when the piece on Christianity Today is coming out?
I would like to know this too!
its the jan-feb issue but might be online sometime in December
Have you ever smoking long bottom leaf?
I would try it if I found it!