Welcome to Time for one Poem! In the first part of this episode I talk to Arji Manuelpillai: a poet, rapper, and educator whose debut poetry pamphlet Mutton Rolls came out in 2020.

In the second part I talk to poetry-sceptic Andy, a team leader for the unemployment charity Apex Scotland, about Arji's poem, 'credit card'.

Although Andy describes poetry as "not [his] thing" and wishes someone would just "tell [him] what it means", we manage to come to an understanding of this poem together - discussing identity theft and the perfect leek and potato soup. 

Read the poem in full and leave a comment with your own interpretation: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/11/03/just-tell-me-what-it-means/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Arji Manuelpillai: https://www.arji.org/

More about Apex Scotland: https://www.apexscotland.org.uk/