

Some you know and love, and some you might be experiencing for the first time.

Here, we’ve culled a robust selection of ’80s movies for your viewing pleasure. The decade is a wealth of feel-good, top-tier cinematic fare, be it a humorous dissection of the adolescent experience from John Hughes, a cultural touchstone that leaves a massive lump in your throat, or a rhythmic celebration of dance and music from a subgenre that was peaking. The New Coke, leg-warmer, shoulder-pad, badass bitchin’ ’80s. And when conflict could be solved with a dance-off. When the cordless phone was cutting edge. You know, when the synthesizer was considered awesome. The problem is that the track is packed with mortal traps and dangerous hindrances. Still unsure of what’s to come, we find ourselves looking for comfort in simpler, more favorable times. Guts and Glory unblocked is a bloody and merciless race with death All you need to do is to get to the finish line. A pandemic, social unrest, political division, the assault on women’s rights. But the past few years have challenged us. Like the now we know from breathing frettingĮmpty kennels these and other warnings.When the ball dropped on a new decade, expectations for 2020 were lofty. The telly re-tells these as they weren’t not
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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. Guts and Glory is a survival racing game created by solo game developer Jedediah HakJak Steen and published by tinyBuild. 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. Usually on an integrated chip (example: 'Intel HD 4000', etc.) instead of a dedicated 3D graphics card (example: a Nvidia or AMD card). ( A recording of this event will be uploaded to the Festival YouTube channel in a few days.) HakJak developer 7:25am OPTIMIZATION SETTINGS I've noticed that the majority of bug reports come from people running the game far below minimum system requirements. 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, at 12.30pm – 1.30pm, there was a Poetry of the Lockdown event as part of Ledbury Poetry Festival Online. Thank you to everyone who has submitted Lockdown poems.
