Greetings Malcolm, Thank you for making Keats live again for a few lovely moments.

Ha! During the lockdown, volumes of poetry began to come out of the second row on my shelves. It's not a joke, it's the magic of the books. We had a few good poets in Poland :)

Inspiring! Somehow I missed out on much of the joy and wonder of poetry when I read English Literature at university over 40 years ago. These spells in the library are helping me catch up at last! Thank you so much.

Love this poem. Thank you, Malcolm. Keats seems not so much maudlin as resigned, yet there's a foreboding and it makes me feel sadder than him!

Thanks and greetings from Northern California. Love your many posts on KZread. God Bless!

@MalcolmGuitespell

18 күн бұрын

Many thanks for your generous encouragement!

I didn't expect to be nourished by KZread, but here we are! Thanks Malcolm. :)

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I am also very much enjoying your channel!

Just following up on "the magic hand of chance," I picked up a junk metal watch band a coupla years ago just to mess around with it. It has been lying around. Bought a used watch last week and its hard-to-replace band was broken beyond repair. The previous junk watch band from years ago fit perfectly. I figure the chances of that were slim. Like magic. Thought I'd share that with you. Cheers.

Who doesn't love the classics?

Thanks so much for this-much needed poetry for me today after a difficult day at work. :) I am so happy that you and the poets help us to keep asking the big questions and exploring what it means to be living. It’s easy to be overcome with daily cares so I appreciate this and all of your other spells in the library!

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

you're welcome - thanks for the encouragement!

poetry is food for the soul and music its wine

We had little talks like this in classes when I was in college for Literature. I feel like you're our guest professor when you do these videos :) love it I hope u never stop!

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Beyond Beautiful

...and I only just promised myself I would not buy any more books this month!

I wrote a paper on this sonnet. I love how Keats anxiously repeats the word "before" and almost dissolves into the nothingness of thought in this sonnet. Great stuff!

Making so emotional to lovers

I've been reading Keats for fifty years and I never took enough time with this sonnet, I feel I have been neglectful on this one. So I am thankful you took the time to bring it to us again. I am reading a book called Posthumous Keats and this sonnet of his seems like it is a commentary on his entire life.

Thanks for this sir

I see a tin of McClelland Virginia back there. Talk about “ the rich garners of ripened grain.” We may never see their like again

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

yes, I've got a couple of precious McClelland's left!

I am especially interested to learn that Keats' sonnet may have been inspired in some part by Shakespeare's sonnet, No. 12. So interesting!

@MalcolmGuitespell

Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

There is something lovely about you showing the actual print... feels old school of following the bouncing ball when music is playing.

Wonderful, I especially like "the magic hand of chance." Not really familiar with Keats, I should go and buy one of his books, maybe a pair o'Keats.

Jolly good to see you again ..such a marvel is Keats

the very notion of "the love of books" presumes, it seems to me, two prior questions: the meaning of book and the meaning of love; just as philosophy calls for the meaning of love and the meaning of wisdom

My favorite in a while, and I wandered into my study feeling very much like Keats in here before watching this Spell...

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

yes, Keats has put his finger on how a lot of us are feeling right now!

Absolutely brilliant. Keep doing what you do to feed hungry hearts and minds.

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

It’s so interesting seeing these connections across time.

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

indeed it is

you're so cosy Malcolm!

I'll need to light up my vintage Dunhill and ponder,

Beautiful choice Malcolm.

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

To know that we all have an expiration date... I think we all want to leave something behind that says, I was here...

Being an amateur classical and jazz pianist, I tend to reference dates based on the musicians living during this time. Keats was born shortly after the death of Mozart, lived during the time of Beethoven, and died when Chopin was coming into adolescence. I wonder what Keats would have thought of jazz greats Oscar Peterson, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Charlie Parker, etc. :)

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

I think he would definitely have been into jazz especially Miles school of cool

Dear Mr. Guite, did Keats worry his poetry would be forgotten after his death ? Was this the point of the sonnet ? Many thanks for sharing your love of poetry and helping us gain your perspectives on it. Kind regards, S.

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

yes, he feared he would be forgotten, but in this sonnet he was mainly afraid that he wouldn't lie to write the poetry in the first place!

I enjoyed the Keats. Can you please adjust the lamp shade behind you?

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

no, I like it the way it is! I am a poet, not an adjustor!

I thought, might it not be a very nice thing to hear your thoughts on reflections on Richard De Bury's 'The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard De Bury'

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out!

MICHIGAN USA

I really don’t mean to be morbid but I am curious as to what will happen to your beautiful books and pipes when your time comes, and I only ask because I had to go through it when my Parents passed.

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

well I'm already giving some away as we are moving to a smaller house, and I expect I will give most of the pipes and books to friends as time goes on

my little blue volume - do you read that sometimes

@MalcolmGuitespell

3 жыл бұрын

yes I do! I'll have to get it out for one of these videos but its more a private read as the print would be too small to show in the video = but I could show people the lovely binding!

@honorclareparkinson5920

3 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmGuitespell aww great - love your spells in the library!