New England Diary

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'Closer to bronze'

Green crab

''Not, exactly, green:
closer to bronze
preserved in kind brine,

something retrieved
from a Greco-Roman wreck,
patinated and oddly

muscular....''

— From “A Green Crab’s Shell,’’ by Mark Doty.

Editor’s note: Green crabs are devastating parts of the New England shellfish industry.