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Picture 10275591, photograph by H Armstrong Roberts, 1950s, image copyright Mary Evans / Classic Stock

Pulling Strings
by Mat Riches

 

“Kites have a universal predator – The tree!” – Broadcasting House, Radio 4, 28/11/10, report on Michael Morpurgo in Gaza

 

All day, each day, I stand root-stock still and steadfast,
waiting for victims to snare. I work in a team,
offer you up my leaves in solidarity
to show you how it’s done.

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you climb thermals,
swoop into dives.
My limbs welcome
your crash landing.

Come, my pretty.
Your wing’s

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© Mat Riches

Picture 10275591, photograph by H Armstrong Roberts, 1950s, image copyright Mary Evans / Classic Stock

 

 

Mat Riches is ITV’s poet-in-residence (they don’t know this). His work has appeared in a number of journals and magazines, most recently New Statesman, Wild Court, The High Window and Finished Creatures. He co-runs the Rogue Strands poetry evenings, and reviews for HappenStance, The High Window, London Grip and The Friday poem. He has a pamphlet due out from Red Squirrel Press in 2023. He is on Twitter as @matriches and blogs at Wear The Fox Hat.

 

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