"Witty, sharp, sensual, possessed of a scientist's eye for the precise detail, the memorable image. Elisavietta Ritchie is in love with the natural world of maggot, freezing bilge, the owl...on unheard wings," "berries fed on ash and blood," "branches with lavender fire." She brings a tuned ear for the music of language, a storyteller's gift and a generosity of spirit that delights as it informs. Her books deserve an enthusiastic audience." Colette Inez, The Woman who Loved Worms, Horseplay, and other books.
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PRIASE FOR ELISAVIETTA RITCHIE'S WORK
"Elisavietta Ritchie's poetry roars with a vitality remarkable for its intensity. Like a swimmer surging through waves to a rescue of meaning, she leads her readers by both measured strokes and daring experimentation. Immersion in her poems becomes an exhilarating experience." Martin Tucker, While There is Time: Penultimate Poems; editor emeritus Confrontation; professor emeritus, Long Island University.
"In Cormorant, Elisavietta Ritchie draws us into a natural world of toads, owls, humans, rats, medusas, et al., a world of threats from within and without, in poems of predation and menace and humor on land and sea, in poems that sing in a vigorous lyric voice that lingers, like a favorite song." Greg McBride, The Back of the Envelope; editor The Innisfree Poetry Review.
"Witty, sharp, sensual, possessed of a scientist's eye for the precise detail, the memorable image. Elisavietta Ritchie is in love with the natural world of maggot, freezing bilge, the owl...on unheard wings," "berries fed on ash and blood," "branches with lavender fire." She brings a tuned ear for the music of language, a storyteller's gift and a generosity of spirit that delights as it informs. Her books deserve an enthusiastic audience." Colette Inez, The Woman who Loved Worms, Horseplay, and other books.
