Tender the River: Poems Ghosts and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists

and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem

ragged soldiers look for someone to blame

a teenager meets the boy of his dreams dressed in vintage clothing

romantic distraction

He knows he'll do anything to keep Robin safe from his ex-boyfriend

Tender the River: Poems Ghosts and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragistsTender the River captures in verse the history and legacy of the Merrimack River Valley, from the Pennacook, Wamesit, Algonquin, and other indigenous tribes who settled there first, to the European settlers who came with guns and their god to supplant them, to being the birthplace of America's industrial revolution and first labor movements, to becoming a center of continued immigration, of entrenched nativism, and even multicultural celebration. The