The opening episode of Arji's Poetry Podcast. Each week we bring in some of the world's best poets to discuss the poems they truly love.
Today we're joined by poet Rishi Dastidar. Rishi's poetry has been published by Financial Times, New Scientistand the BBC amongst many others. His debut collection Ticker-tape is published by Nine Arches Press, and a poem from it was included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2018. He is a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen, and his latest collection Saffron Jack has received rave reviews.
Today he brings the brilliant poem 'Lousy with unfuckedness, I dream' by Amy Key.
You can read the poem here - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/145170/lousy-with-unfuckedness-i-dream