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