Salt and Cedar: Poems — Marcus Bellamy

Marcus Bellamy grew up on a lobster boat out of Gloucester, and this debut collection smells of rope, salt and cedar shingles. The poems are short and clear, the kind you read once on the train and then copy into a notebook.

We keep a stack by the register because people come back for second copies to give away.

Details

• Poetry, 112 pages
• Paperback, sewn binding that lies open
• Uncoated cream paper, 5 x 7.5 in
• Published by a small Massachusetts press

Bookseller note

Theo, poetry shelf: Start with “Low Tide, Rockport.” Then try not to read the whole book.