A Field Guide to Forgetting — Ishaan Bedi

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A Field Guide to Forgetting
by Ishaan Bedi
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Sixty-one poems arranged like a naturalist's handbook — each one an entry on something the poet is trying, and failing, to forget. The debut collection from Lighthouse's First Light imprint, shortlisted for the Southbank Poetry Prize and now in its third printing.
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| ISBN | 978-81-964712-8-9 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Language | English |
| First published | 2025 |
| Publisher | Lighthouse Publication · First Light |
“A debut of startling composure. Bedi catalogues loss the way a naturalist catalogues species — patiently, tenderly, and with a grief so precise it reads like taxonomy.”
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Entry 14: The smell of my father's scooter. / Habitat: petrol pumps, monsoon traffic. / Conservation status: endangered, endangered, endangered.
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