For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive reflections on it. A scholar of poetry and a renowned poet himself, his knowledge is deep and wide and he offers readers a soul-food feast for Lent.

Malcolm Guite

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Introduction

Shriven, Ashed, and Ready for Action: Entering into Lent

Shrove Tuesday

Ash Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 1: A Pilgrimage Begins 

First Sunday in Lent

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Week 2: Deepening the Life of Prayer

Sunday

Week 3: Dante and the Companioned Journey

Week 4: Know Thyself! A Conversation with Sir John Davies and Alfred Lord Tennyson

Mothering Sunday

Week 5: Prayer that Pierces: The Point of the Passion

Passion Sunday

Week 6: Palm Sunday and Holy Week

Palm Sunday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Holy Saturday

Easter Sunday

Appendix: Springs and Oases: The Saints’ Days in Lent

27 February: George Herbert (1593−1633)

1 March: St David

17 March: St Patrick

20 March: St Cuthbert

25 March: The Annunciation

References

Acknowledgements

For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. Lent is a time to reorient ourselves, clarify our minds, slow down, recover from distraction and focus on the values of God's kingdom. Poetry, with its power to awaken the mind, is an ideal companion for such a time. This collection enables us to turn aside from everyday routine and experience moments of transfigured vision as we journey through the desert landscape of Lent and find refreshment along the way. Following each poem with a helpful prose reflection, Malcolm Guite has selected from classical and contemporary poets, from Dante, John Donne and George Herbert to Seamus Heaney, Rowan Williams and Gillian Clarke, and his own acclaimed poetry.

"This is definitely a lent book for poetry lovers." -- Canon David Winter Church Times

Malcolm Guite is Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. A performance poet and singer/songwriter, he lectures widely on poetry and theology in Britain and the US and has a large following on his website, www.malcolmguite.wordpress.com.

Praise for Malcolm Guite:

- 'His poetry is deeply informed by knowledge of the Christian faith; and he …communicate\[s\] this knowledge with gentleness, accuracy and flashes of fire.' Sebastian Barker FRSL
- 'Unreservedly recommended.' New Directions
- 'A unique achievement that deserves significant attention' Ruminate Magazine

For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it.

  


Lent is a time to reorient ourselves, clarify our minds, slow down, recover from distraction and focus on the values of God's kingdom. Poetry, with its power to awaken the mind, is an ideal companion for such a time. This collection enables us to turn aside from everyday routine and experience moments of transfigured vision as we journey through the desert landscape of Lent and find refreshment along the way.

  


Following each poem with a helpful prose reflection, Malcolm Guite has selected from classical and contemporary poets, from Dante, John Donne and George Herbert to Seamus Heaney, Rowan Williams and Gillian Clarke, and his own acclaimed poetry.

Ready resource of poetry for for every day of Lent and Easter - words from Christian spirituality and English literature

"This is definitely a lent book for poetry lovers."

\["Poetry for every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day","This collection enables us to experience moments of transformed vision","Word in the Wilderness offers readers a soul-food feast for Lent"\]

Penny Carnegie

A wonderfully written book with great depth and inspirational thoughts. Enjoying each daily reading through Lent Thank you to the author

Lesley Hughes

Can’t wait to get into this. It looks amazing.

Excellent book for Lent

The Good Book Stall

A selection of poems chosen and commented upon by Malcolm Guite, one a day throughout the season of Lent and Holy Week (With a few extra to cover Saints Days that occur during the season too) and from a range of Poets spanning from Dante to Rowan Williams.  
In each case the full text of the poem is obviously given and then followed with a commentary on the poem and it's reflection to the idea of the season and the theme being followed for that week - so we have Pilgrimage, Deepening Prayer, Companioned Journey, Know Thyself, Prayer that Pierces, and finally palm Sunday and Holy Week.

For anyone that has a love of poetry then this is a wonderful book to journey through lent with.

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