Böcker av Ed Block

Following the seasons from spring through the end of the year, Seasons of Change includes unusual takes on things like ladders, flowers, streets, and neighborhoods, as well as places like a native African bar and the Florida Keys, all looked at with insight, humor, and not a little pathos. With tributes to Ted Kooser, Charles Simic, Elizabeth Bishop, and Federico Garcia Lorca, and titles like "Rummage Sale," "October Farewell, "In the Keys with Maggie," and "Hotel Malawi," this collection will reward reading and rereading, as well as recommending to friends.

"The poems in Shell Dreams will usher the reader into a unique experience of Florida culture and some more and less exotic aspects of life on Sanibel Island. Composed over five years when the author and his wife spent Februarys on the island, the poems are, by turns, descriptive, reflective, satiric, and just plain fun. They focus on the flora, the fauna, the weather, the people, and the ambience of a state some call "God's waiting room," and a Gulf Coast island that epitomizes the retirement lifestyle. Sanibel is also an island rich in natural beauty and occasions for meditative awe, all of which these poems evoke"--