-The Book of Moss- is a collection of poems, first published by Garden Street Press in 1992; this current edition includes all of the poems in the original edition plus 33 unpublished and hitherto uncollected poems. Benjamin Saltman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1927. He began writing poetry seriously in 1965. Blue With Blue, his first book of poems, published by Lillabulero Press, appeared in 1968. Since then he published seven other books: The Leaves The People, Red Hill Press, 1977; Elegies Of Place, Armchair Press, 1977; Deck, Ithaca House, 1979; Five Poems, Santa Susana Press,...