Ampleforth's Miscellany

A polyphony of tones better serves a democracy, as does a diversity of styles. Michael Karl Ritchie’s is only one cornucopia, aching for a readership of non-poets.

"His Ampleforth’s Miscellany is a poignant reminder that our own memories are not unlike lost films, half-recalled flickering images soon lost to time or at best mistakenly or partially reassembled. These poems become our last picture show as each film degrades as its final reel unspools."–Terry Wright, author of What the Black Box Said