The Ballad of Galahad and the Naiad

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Malcolm Guite

Malcolm Guite

3 жыл бұрын

Here’s the ballad I mentioned I was writing about Sir Galahad. It rather swept in and took me over and I wrote the whole thing in one day. It's in seven parts so you can always pause the film and have some refreshment between parts. I hope you enjoy it. It will eventually be published the forthcoming book from Rabbit Room Press, 'The Lost Tales of Galahad'. This book follows Rabbit Room’s deluxe illustrated edition of The Light Princess. Like that volume, The Lost Tales of Galahad will be a hardback book, illustrated and designed by Ned Bustard, featuring all-new fairy tales about Sir Galahad written by a variety of authors including J. Mark Bertrand, Myself, Ned Bustard, Rebecca Reynolds, Annie Nardone, Douglas Mckelvey, Jonathan Rogers, A.S. Peterson, and more. Visit rabbitroom.com to find out when this will be released (no official street date has been announced yet)
If you'd like to encourage and support me with this channel you could always pop over and buy me a coffee sometime - but not every time of course, and no obligation. Hwere's my coffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/malcolmg...

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@philipsumpter9917
@philipsumpter9917 2 жыл бұрын
How come only 151 people have liked this? This poem is sublime.
@kurtisneilmcinnis8353
@kurtisneilmcinnis8353 3 жыл бұрын
Very good! The line "and soon a mechanistic will became a clockwork soul" is a perfect argument for why we need poetry. Thank you for sharing.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
thanks. Glad you liked that line its what the poem is about!
@williamglassii1410
@williamglassii1410 2 жыл бұрын
Your poem greatly touched me. Thank you. And from the gods we’ve stolen pie Too times again our radii The glyphs of men and mice we read The darkness in our souls stampede! I use to be the necromancer but I found the golden key, I took a deep breath, opened the door and jumped in, eyes wide open! Peace and love always. Sincerely, William D. Glass II (Billy) My favorite pie is apple! (Seriously! LOL)
@midlander4
@midlander4 Жыл бұрын
Bro's tilted lampshade is on point
@kevinmacmillan817
@kevinmacmillan817 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this beautiful ballad. What a delight it is to visit your library regularly and enjoy your generous offerings! With many blessings from Saskatoon, Canada.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening
@ArkansasMike
@ArkansasMike 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. I was standing at the stream with them. Thank you for taking me along. Be well my friend.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@go2therock
@go2therock 3 жыл бұрын
I cried aloud at the end! Brilliant! Thank you for reading this to us. 👏👏👏
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
So glad! There is no better tribute to a poem than that it should bring tears. This is very encouraging as I am thinking of writing some more Arthurian Ballads!
@mikegodfrey2221
@mikegodfrey2221 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you again Malcolm :)
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@backporchpiper
@backporchpiper 3 жыл бұрын
I've never been one for poetry. But since finding your channel I've developed quite an interest and enjoyment of poetry. Thank you sir for sharing your gift. God bless.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@mickgrundy4615
@mickgrundy4615 5 ай бұрын
Superb so glad iv found the library . Its enchanting
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 5 ай бұрын
welcome
@shaneball3493
@shaneball3493 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Guite, absolutley mezmarizing. I am just getting my feet wet in poetry and found your interview on The CommonToad, really great info on wetting ones foot in the pond. Thank you for these videos.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@WiggysWilderness
@WiggysWilderness 2 ай бұрын
Very good! I loved it!
@DanielKellyFolkMusic
@DanielKellyFolkMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was incredible!
@eddiespence8775
@eddiespence8775 3 жыл бұрын
Marvellously Epic!
@carolynwheeler8475
@carolynwheeler8475 2 ай бұрын
Truly beautiful and well done !
@lucaslageguida3571
@lucaslageguida3571 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou! This was beautiful
@joenperkins2138
@joenperkins2138 6 ай бұрын
Wow !!! Wonderful ❤
@kylemero
@kylemero 3 жыл бұрын
So. Good. Absolutely moving, Mr. Guite. Thank you for this.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@seanohare6416
@seanohare6416 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thoroughly enjoyed this! The stream near the end brought to mind a dream I had years ago. I was in a green valley, ankle deep in a stream, talking with a friend about scripture - soon I realized that the water itself was the Word, and verses and phrases were flowing around my feet and becoming illuminated when we would speak of them. I waded a bit further into the stream, and it was up to my knees, then a bit further, and it was to my waist. Finally, I came to a river that was perpendicular to the stream, a deep river flowing fast. Then I awoke. I later found an identical account of the river that flows from the temple in Ezekiel 47. Your writing recalled for me my dream. Thank you for that.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
yes that seems a very biblically inspired dream!
@sharilynmiller9364
@sharilynmiller9364 3 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@craig6037
@craig6037 3 жыл бұрын
That was brilliant. Thanks
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@sandraevans7881
@sandraevans7881 3 жыл бұрын
Your enjoyment as you read that was really infectious. Brought cheer and hope to a gloomy lockdown afternoon - lots of smiles and laughs. (The knights face revealed as cogs and wheels brought to mind Darth Vader. Alas my academic credentials are laid bare)
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Darth Vadar and also a touch of Treebeard saying that Saruman had ' a mind of metal and wheels'!
@sandraevans7881
@sandraevans7881 3 жыл бұрын
@@MalcolmGuitespell Of course. Thank you. Think I might get Lord of the Rings of the shelf and spend some time in Middle Earth. 👍🏻❤
@canadasue
@canadasue 3 жыл бұрын
Poured up a Bordeaux "Château Grand Désir" 2016 to enjoy this pure gift. With Geo MacD's Golden Key being a favorite and then recently reading Piranesi, there seemed to be a similar deepening invitation of wayfinding and more.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Ah, so glad you joined me in a glass of Bordeaux, yes Macdonald's golden Key which I had recently re-read was definitely in the mix!
@xcurvatus
@xcurvatus Жыл бұрын
There has been many a day where I've questioned the importance of poetry and storytelling; but then I hear a poem like this, read with conviction, and I am reminded to fortify my heart against the "clockwork soul." Thank you.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell Жыл бұрын
thanks for the encouragement
@benoloughlin9225
@benoloughlin9225 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Nighttrainpiper
@Nighttrainpiper 3 жыл бұрын
I love a good story with true heroism
@anthonyferrarajr.2115
@anthonyferrarajr.2115 3 жыл бұрын
The only thing missing is your pipe, good sir. I wish many years of life to yourself. BTW: I love your Sherlock series Peterson original and I also, am a fan of all 7 briars of that set. Good coffee, a good read and my pipe is my idea of solace or reflection.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, the next episode is actually going to be all about pipes and include an ode to my Sherlock Holmes Professor!
@anthonyferrarajr.2115
@anthonyferrarajr.2115 3 жыл бұрын
@@MalcolmGuitespell it sounds like a three pipe time frame. Ill insist all around must not speak a word for fifty minutes. I know the reference won't be lost on you.
@anthonyferrarajr.2115
@anthonyferrarajr.2115 3 жыл бұрын
@@MalcolmGuitespell Some day Ill have a Peterson of my own in honor of the great Holmes. Id love to get that long black clay churchwarden he smoked so meditative as described in the original.
@MomUnderGrace
@MomUnderGrace 3 жыл бұрын
So much yearning and hope this ballad inspires!
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@sandrofazzolari8833
@sandrofazzolari8833 3 жыл бұрын
Dearest Malcom Guite you are a born storyteller in addition to being a fine poet. Many many thanks 🙏 for sharing! Bravo 👏 Kind regards, S
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks! The ballad was a new departure for me but it seemed to go well so I think I will write some more and maybe do a cycle of ballads about Galahad and the grail!
@sandrofazzolari8833
@sandrofazzolari8833 3 жыл бұрын
@@MalcolmGuitespell That Ballad was your first ? Gosh well done 👍 I think you could choose a more relevant subject ( no offence to The Grail) ie, about how music and poetry ( two things you clearly love) blend into something surreal, or draw on Orpheus who as you know was both poet and musician. Just some thoughts that have come to mind. Grazie 🙏 again . S.
@inklings85
@inklings85 3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Keats, Coleridge, and Tennyson came to mind, rightly or wrongly.
@MalcolmGuitespell
@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын
quite rightly, they're all in there! Ancient Mariner, La belle dame sans Merci, Lady of Shallot!
@trevorthomsen8222
@trevorthomsen8222 5 ай бұрын
Wordcraft at its best. Makorokoto, Malcolm.
@markwallace1251
@markwallace1251 3 ай бұрын
What Treasure
@Beekeeping4midwest1
@Beekeeping4midwest1 3 жыл бұрын
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