The Lack of Her: A poem by Jardel Rodrigues

Jardel Rodrigues reads his poem The Lack of Her.

As part of a week-long look at the causes of poverty in the UK, Afternoon Edition asked five spoken word poets aged between 20 and 25 from Manchester collective Young Identity to share their experiences of poverty in the form of a specially written and performed poem.

This clip is originally from Afternoon Edition on Tuesday 6 February 2018.