Matt Miller

This book of poetry takes as its inspiration the Merrimack River which is an 117 mile long river which begins in Manchester, New Hampshire and ends in northeast Massachusetts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_River

The Merrimack River has a long history and has provided much to the people who have lived here for hundreds of years. Native Americans were known to camp on it’s shores and soon it became a star of sorts in the Industrial Revolution, first with water power, then steam…

Matt Miller grew up in the shadow of the river in Lowell, MA. He infuses in his poetry all aspects of the river itself and the world around it. There is even a poem about the filming of the 2010 movie “The Fighter” (Mark Wahlberg & Christian Bale). And while I read through the volume several times I often failed to connect with the poet’s writing. Which is not to say I didn’t like his work, I often did— on some level.… (mehr)