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. Tell us if you like it by leaving a comment below and please remember to show your support by sharing it with your family and friends and purchasing Tove Lo's music.Thank you to everyone who has submitted Lockdown poems. Watch the Habits (Stay High) video below in all its glory and check out the lyrics section if you like to learn the words or just want to sing along. She wakes up after a night of partying and despite a really bad hangover she goes bar-hopping with a group of friends to get wasted again and give herself to a lifestyle of dangerous drug use and habitual debauchery. In the Motellet-directed music video, Tove Lo reenacts the story portrayed in the song's lyrics. It is featured on both Tove Lo's debut EP 'Truth Serum', released on Maand her debut studio album 'Queen of the Clouds', released on Septemvia Island Records. It was originally released as Tove Lo's second single "Habits" on Maand later re-released on Decemunder the title "Habits (Stay High)" due to the popularity of a remix of the song titled "Stay High" featuring Hippie Sabotage. The track was produced by The Struts, Jakob Jerlström and Ludvig Söderberg. The song was written by Tove Lo in the immediate aftermath of her breakup and, according to the singer herself, is based on her own personal experiences. In a desperate attempt to get over her ex, Tove Lo loses herself to a life of hard partying involving heavy drinking and getting high in the graphic visual for the Swedish sensation's breakthrough single entitled "Habits (Stay High)".
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