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Elisavietta Ritchie is a woman who has really lived and this verbal rumination on her heritage, the

people she has loved, the family recipes for borscht or cherry vodka or bread

are filled with such exquisite, well-realized detail, a reader is drawn along with

the force of a rip tide on a summer afternoon at the beach. It's all simply so interesting.

And her conversations with the past and recently dead intrigue us: "It

tolls for thee," they remind us, and yes, we all do eventually get out alive according

to this wise woman when it comes our time...

Poet's Choice Publishing is proud once again to bring you the poetic musings of Elisavietta Ritchie.  HARBINGERS follows the peripatetic mind of a woman writing at the height of her power,  making concrete all the stuff of a life lived fully and worth living: lovers, family, professional achievements; the joy of being part of it all, despite the challenges of aging, and the inevitable conclusion of winter. Here is a poet caught between heaven and hell, who nevertheless takes it all on with great pluck and vigor, who  leads the way with courage, dignity, and self...

This will be the third collection of Elisavietta Ritchie’s work we have been privileged to publish, and what a remarkable collection it is, rich imagination and a talent for metaphors the hallmarks of her work. Here we see a poet at the top of her game, and game is the precise word for the often whimsical accounts she gives of the painting on which she reflects. William Meredith’s short poem seems an apt introduction to the book.

One thinks of Keats’ critical touchstone, the concept of negative capability he proposes, the...

Feathers is a collection of poems by Elisavietta Ritchie, inspired by birds and certain humans, paired with collages of photographs of feathers and the watercolors of artist Megan Richard. Designer Suzanne Shelden has created a blending between the artist and the poet, including feathers collected by the artists, to create a depth of connection between the two and to create a book where there are no hard lines between the poems and the art. The result is a deep, visual exploration that complements the richness of the poetry in this book.