I'm moved that you wrote a poem for the black summer bush fires, as an Australian I'm touched that even from the other end of the world people were lamenting the chaos and destruction that was wrought apon our beautiful country, that was quickly overshadowed by the depression and anxiety of the pandemic. Cheers.

Thank you for reading and commenting on "God's Grandeur." It's one of my favorite poems to teach. It has the sense of an almost belated Romanticism, reminding one of "The World is Too Much with Us." That is, until that question, "Why do men then now not reck his rod?" Then, Hopkins' Christian sensibilities emerge, reminding the shod, numbed reader never to ignore the general revelation of God. When we disregard the plain evidence of God's existence, we do so at our own peril. Nature does not contain the gospel, but it can provide the necessary catalyst to feel the need for it.

I can't express strongly enough how much I appreciate these little "visitations". They are deeply enriching and comforting. Thank you.

Beautiful and timeous words, Malcolm. Thank you. Sadly fallen on sallow ground … here where we live.

I used to live in beautiful Norfolk the people are great I'm in Scotland and my son still has an English accent 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕊🎨

“Save us from the dreadful things that last.” As I sat on a porch in the Smoky Mountains, among the trees both old and new, rotting and reborn, insects and frogs delighting in the night world around me … that moved me. Best wishes for a good trip to Shoreham-By-Sea, good sir.

There is a crack in everything God has made

O, Das lied von der erde. Sublime. Haven't heard that for many a year. Going to now listen to the sublime Kathleen ferrier sing the abschied from that piece. It doesn't really get any better. Thank you for reminding me about das lied von der erde

What a great idea a walking pilgrimage from your front door. I’ve done a few here in Vermont from my front door but the ocean is too far to walk to , actually about 2 Hours Dr. So I think I’ll make my next pilgrimage to what we have here which are lakes and streams so thanks for the idea. I adored Alfred Wainwright’s walking pilgrimage from west to east England and his little pamphlets. You may enjoy reading from his pamphlets.

Today I am alive It's a good day. Today You read your poem It's A day to be good. 🤗🙏🪔💚

Thank you, Malcolm.

Love the poems. Keep them coming

Excellent food for thought. Appreciated!🙏👌🎉

I have been dying to find out if you will ever decide to write a novel? I think you would do splendidly. Always enjoy your videos. I make sure to have my pipe ready to smoke before I start the video.

Malcom! Hermés THRICE GREAT sent me your way. I love this Ah, Bright wings Hopkins poem. You read it beautifully As always. Gratitude for the poetic heroes.

‘In Praise Of Decay’ great poem Malcolm. “What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness ? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet..” GMH Ps. Love this last line in your second poem: “That we might both be rescued, both be free.”

As always fantastic. Listening to Hopkins and then to your poems l thought you might like to link these poems to the cosmic mysticism of another Jesuit,Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in particular his “Mass on the World”, a text he composed while in the Ordos Desert in China in the late 1920s or early 1930s (if l recall aright - l don’t have the text Hymn of the Universe, as l recall, to hand). Not poetry but powerful nonetheless. Thanks especially for reading your poetry. And for your dedication to smoking pipes in these conversations. I too am a pipe smoker - and fan of the Inklings! Best wishes from a South African currently in Eastern Africa.

Thank you Fr Malcolm. Great that you are taking the poetic muse out into the community once again after the Covid lock downs. Your ministry is bearing great fruit.

The joy Malcolm gains from literature is obvious and the pleasure he gains from sharing it with others (and most importantly and in this instance with us!!!) is, I find the perfect combination! Firstly the excitement he has in reciting and explaining and then secondly hearing him recite . 🙏 perfectum compositum.🙏

Hello, Malcolm, nice to see you again. I find rather strong parallels between the mariner killing the albatross and parzival shooting the Swan. I wonder if Coleridge was au fait with the parzival story. I'm sure he was. Cheers, Noel

Beautiful. Also I have noticed you only mainly use bent pipes and don’t really like straight pipes. Am I right ? If yes, why only bents ?

I really enjoyed all the poems. I really loved the last poem you read. I so enjoy visiting with you on here. You sometimes wear a pocket watch in your waistcoat. Can you once show us it? Does it have a story?

Hello sir, really enjoying your channel, is there anything you do to prevent mold or whatnot to your old books? I have some books I’d like to have last a very long time but unsure if there’s anything I need to do to keep them looking new and in good condition. I live in Houston Texas so it gets pretty humid and hot though I try and keep the house around 80 degrees and dry

what pipe tobaccos do you smoke?