The Spirit of the Walrus
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ISBN 1-892471-27-2
44 pages, small format
copyright©2005
Bright Hill Press
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The Spirit of the Walrus
INUA
"The Eskimos believed that the inua
of an animal enjoyed being hunted
with a beautiful implement."
William W. Fitzhugh
National Geographic Vol. 163, No. 2
February 1983
The spirit of the walrus
yearned for the flung harpoon
to bear the finest carver's mark
his own father's tusk
incised with lines and eyes
to hold the blade
the beauty of the tool
made pursuit itself an art
death a pleasure
his inua would find
inside an unborn animal
a future home
Elisavietta Ritchie
[ Poetry Vol. CLXXIX No. 5 copyright February 2002 ]
"Her writing informs and at the same time plays with language, gives off a joy, a pleasure in words, I admire her rhythmic sentences. Yes, a poet is aflote, gamboling lolling, may even be grazing flanks."
Colette Inez
"Elisavietta Ritchie's work is original, varied, and exciting, and has been growing steadily in scope and controle. The core of her poems is vitality. Grim, joyous, exuberant, or erotic, they have a strong and vivid life."
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