Moments Strange
Moments Strange by Ed Block, published by Kelsay Books on April 7, 2022, is a collection of poetry that explores the interplay between nature and human experience. With 122 pages, this edition presents a series of vivid poems that capture the essence of seasonal changes as metaphors for the stages of life. Block’s work is characterized by rich language and powerful imagery, inviting readers to reflect on their own journeys through the lens of nature.
In Moments Strange, readers will find a poetic memoir that traverses themes of childhood, travel, and loss. The collection begins with the title poem, setting the tone for the subsequent sections that delve into everyday memories and the broader strokes of life. Block’s verses evoke the beauty of landscapes and the complexity of human emotions, offering insights into the connections between the physical world and personal history. This edition, written in English, provides a thoughtful exploration of life’s moments, encouraging readers to savor each experience.
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Ed Block’s poetry is full of powerful images and rich language. In his nature poems, the flowers of spring bud “like fireworks ready to burst,” fall trees “get naked for a wild romp with the wind,” and crows in autumn become “broken pieces of the night.” Thus, the annual change of seasons becomes a metaphor for the changing seasons of a human life. Moments Strange, takes us on a journey from a nomadic childhood to the purposeful world travels of his young adulthood, and to the loss that we all experience as we age. The title poem precedes the several well-ordered sections, and sets a perfect tone for what follows: poems of “the nitty-gritty everyday,” of “memories of home and faraway,” of a “life in large outline.” Moments Strange is a poetic memoir to be savored.
– Ed Werstein, Regional Vice President, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and author of A Tar Pit To Dye In, Benediction and Baseball, and Communiqué
Ed Block teaches us how to love fully the world around us with every word he writes. Filled with wit and wonder, Moments Strange spans seasons, memories, and continents with a grace that readers are sure to savor.
– Michael Welch, Awards Director at Chicago Review of Books and 2016 National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ Florence Kahn Memorial Award winner
Ed Block’s new collection, Moments Strange, ranges from the Midwestern USA to Africa, and travels across time as well, but it is always rooted in the real (and yes, strange) world of landscape and memory. As Block writes in one poem: “The evergreen is full of voices/Speaking alien, avian words.” This beautiful book reflects and magnifies moments from a life well lived.
– Angela Sorby, Professor of English, Marquette University, and author of the Sleeve Waves, Bird Skin Coat, and Distance Learning
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