I woke up this morning
thinking I’d won the
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
This is where love and capitalism
has got me, having me on that
I can win a horse race in Paris,
when it’s obvious that
I’m only any good over
the jumps at Wolverhampton.
About the poet
Rishi Dastidar has worked as a journalist, copywriter and poet. He has written for a wide variety of brands in different sectors during his career, while his poetry has been published by the Financial Times, Tate Modern and the Southbank Centre amongst many others. His work was most recently in Ten: The New Wave (Bloodaxe, 2014). A winner of And Other Stories short story prize in 2012, he has also had reviews published in the Times Literary Supplement. He was part of the 2014-15 Rialto / Poetry School editorial development programme, and also serves as a trustee of Spread The Word.
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