Any of you who are veterans of our events know Malcolm Guite. For those who don’t, he has long been a friend of the Foundation and has participated in many of our events and conferences. He is also a wonderful poet. We are including here, with his permission, a recent poem he posted on his
Poetry
“A Present (a Pipe) and a poem to go with them”
Our dear friend and event speaker Malcolm Guite just invited me to link to a post on his blog related to this year’s Summer Seminar at The Kilns. Malcolm spent an afternoon with a group of seminar participants at the Orchard in Granchester. After receiving an unexpected and very welcome gift from Jerry Root, Malcolm
Poetry in the 21st Century – Does It Matter?
At our Oxbridge 2008 conference, Dana Gioia, award winning poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, gave an address titled “Art and the Search for Meaning.” In it, he discussed the role of art in life, in education, and in Christianity, and argued that we have an innate need for beauty
One of the Most Important Windows
Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting our friends and conference faculty members, Malcolm Guite and Diana Glyer, at the C.S. Lewis Study Centre at The Kilns. After their visit, Diana posted up a few photos of her stay. Upon seeing the photo of the window behind C.S. Lewis’ desk (reprinted here), Malcolm commented: Surely
“Among the Oxen”: A Reflection on C.S. Lewis’ Christmas Poetry
As December progresses, the most familiar rhymes of the season start popping out everywhere: radio waves and shopping malls are filled with the strains of carols, mailboxes are flooded with cards full of short Christmas poems, and “’Twas The Night Before Christmas” is read out loud in homes across the world. The topics of these