![]() Like oak, only older, stiller, stilling, waiting for a whispering wind to wake me from the silence, Like the now we know from breathing frettingĮmpty kennels these and other warnings. ![]() The telly re-tells these as they weren’t not Locked in its jaws, full of power, I & you SalisburyĬhurned out terror vapours hours away Now It draws right angles in front of your eyes but some see through it all … Knock – Knock – who’s there? All the G’S outside our door, 1-5, popping away constantly! “wake up! put on masks! the time has come!īut beyond choking pollution, lungs fill with death,Ĭhanging day in, night out, dizzying times. Lock – down, protect the NHS, save lives, control the virus, social distance, stay alert, Phone charge leads are fibrous veinal columns:Ĭonnecting, reaching, formatting a virtual, The M25: a beating pulse, ventricles, a central pathway. Tarmac veins cast steely maze-like patterns A blood outlet.ĭrops plummet from airborne wings as they riseĪ bringing of nourishment, safety, scarlet-clad, In a frenzy of duty, service, long shifts.Ĭity airports heave with a throng of tourism –Įach department gate an exit. Nurses, doctors, registrars skittle towards pins Sacred hearts in the palms of its metal soul.Įach cubicle a tiny blood clot hiding drama, With this flippin’ ‘social bubble’ Catch a Virusįor better days ahead What if it’s just Nature?Ĭraved tourists to taste the city’s sweetest wares Recordings of these are included with the following contributions where we have them. Some of the other contributions were read at a Zoom session in Ledbury’s online Festival in July 2020. This poem was later made into a short film that is now on YouTube Thank you to everyone for their contribution. I have found these poems extremely resonant, and I hope you will too. Other ways of thinking about, or seeing, what is happening in this present time. Nonetheless, in reading these poems, I find reflections on, and insight into, my own experiences. I am aware, as many people are, that for people and places in the world, the challenges are huge and sometimes extremely harrowing, compared to my own. Though of course everyone’s individual experience of this situation is unique. These poems were written during Lockdown and the Coronavirus pandemic, at a time when it seemed the whole country, and in fact the whole world was going through the same crisis. They read alongside poets who submitted to Ledbury Poetry Festival’s online call out. ![]() The event featured a fascinating selection of Lockdown inspired poems, including poets commissioned by LPF, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sarala Estruch, Suzannah Evans, Elaine Beckett and Kim Moore. On Sunday 5 July 2020 there was a Poetry of the Lockdown event as part of Ledbury Poetry Festival Online. Towers for the Black Powder expansion will be released in about one months time.Thank you to everyone who has submitted Lockdown poems. We have released them to the community for free. These were designed by Solomon Steadman using assets from the Easefare defense wall pack. Note that these supports will need to be cleaned up a bit in post if going that route. The third has supports added for printing in a resin printer. The second has the floor and perimeter joined. The first has the floor and perimeter of the walls separated out to make it easy to print them flat with no supports. Since they are intended to fit the top floor cards of the original wall they end up being a little wider than the originals but this has not proven to be an issue when playing the game with them. The large wall sections can fit next to each other in the box perfectly When nested they are the same height as the original walls when nested.ĥ. They can all nest within each other for ease of storage.Ĥ. They are actually slightly shorter if used without the floor cards and slightly taller if used with the floor cards.ģ. When stacked they are approximately the same height as the original walls when stacked. Each section can fit the “floor” card from the original walls if you would like to play with them.Ģ. These were designed with the following goals in mind.ġ. ![]() Optional Walls for the Awaken Realms game The Great Wall.
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