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malcolmguite created a boo
10 May 2013
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malcolmguite created a boo
12 March 2013
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malcolmguite commented on a boo
05 November 2012
Silence; a sonnet
over 1 year ago Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
“you can get the words of this sonnet here. if you wish to use it for church service or remembrance event please feel fre to do so: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/silence-a-sonnet-for-remembrance-day/” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
02 November 2012
A last beatitude
7 months ago Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
“you can read the words of the poem and more about it here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/a-last-beatitude/” -
malcolmguite followed Paul O'Mahony
12 October 2012
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malcolmguite commented on a boo
11 October 2012
“here's the correspondng blog post: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/iode-a-little-poem-for-my-iphone/” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
10 October 2012
“iOde My private portal to a world between, My placeless place of virtual exchange, I see through you though you remain unseen And make familiar what you once made strange. You make a stranger means to make me ‘friend’ Whom I can 'touch' to 'like', to show I care. You make a means to every unknown end And make one little screen an everywhere. I am familiar with a hundred faces, All famished for their fifteen minutes fame, I am half present in a hundred places But never present in the place I am. I pull you from my pocket when you call I touch and swipe as I am bid to do, You do my bidding too, you do it all, What will you make of me, or I of you? ” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
07 October 2012
Transmutations
8 months ago Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
“here is a link to a blog with the words of this poem and a little more background information, and here also are the words themselves, if you wish to read as well as hear. http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/transmutations-an-act-of-thanksgiving/ The sun strikes gold along the Spanish steps, Patches of god-light where the tourists stray. The old house is in shadow and still keeps It’s treasures from the searching light of day. I found it once, when I had lost my way, Depressed and restless, sheltering from rain, Long years ago in Rome. But from that day Everything turned to gold, even my pain, Reading the words of one who feared he wrote in vain. I too was ‘half in love with ease-full death’, But standing by the window, near his bed, I almost heard the ‘tender-taken breath’ On which his words were forming. As I read I felt things shifting in me, an old dread Was somehow being brought to harmony Taught by his music as the music fled To sing at last, as by some alchemy Despair itself was lifted into poetry I spent that summer there and came each day To read and breathe and let his life unfold In mine. Little by little, made my way From realms of darkness into realms of gold, Finding that in his story mine was told; Bereavements, doubts and longings, all were there Somehow transmuted in the poem’s old Enduring crucible, that furnace where Quick-silver draws the gold from leaden-eyed despair. Now with the sun I come on pilgrimage To find this house and climb the foot-worn stair, For I have lived to more than twice his age And year-by-year his words have helped me bear The black weight of my breathing, to repair An always-breaking heart. Somehow he keeps His watch on me from somewhere, that bright star… So, with the words of one who mined the depths, I sing and strike for gold along the Spanish steps. ” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
30 June 2012
“ You can read the sonnet here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/a-sonnet-for-st-peter/” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
06 June 2012
Love's Choice
12 months ago Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
“ You can read more about it and read the sonnet itself here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/two-sonnets-for-corpus-christi/” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
06 June 2012
Hide and seek
12 months ago Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
“ You can read more about it and read the sonnet itself here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/two-sonnets-for-corpus-christi/” -
malcolmguite commented on a boo
25 April 2012
“ you can read more about the sonnet, se some of the images that inspired it and se the sonnet itself here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/a-sonnet-for-st-mark/” -
malcolmguite followed Mark Rock
11 September 2011
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malcolmguite followed Nick Holloway
09 September 2011
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malcolmguite followed Phil Cunningham
20 April 2011
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malcolmguite followed David Grieve
21 March 2011
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malcolmguite followed Vanessa Stone
02 March 2011
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malcolmguite favourited a boo
02 January 2011
Wild Geese
over 2 years ago
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malcolmguite followed Andrew Lazo
02 January 2011
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malcolmguite favourited a boo
02 December 2010
Singing Bowl a sonnet
over 2 years ago Girton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
malcolmguite
Malcolm Guite
priest, poet, rock'n'roller. I play in Mystery Train, and write and teach in Cambridge
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malcolmguite commented on a boo
18 March 2013
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