Hello, and welcome to my web site. My name is Ed Block. My family and I have lived in Greendale, Wisconsin for over thirty years. I am a published poet and an accomplished watercolorist. For the last ten years I have studied watercolor with a group of artists on Milwaukee’s southwest side. As a member of the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, I have exhibited in the annual WRAP competitions and had a watercolor painting of Greendale’s Trimborn House exhibited at the annual WAAA convention in Madison. I take inspiration from natural scenes around Greendale and the state of Wisconsin, as well as Minnesota, and the Pacific Northwest.
As poet I have published in a number of national magazines, and my collection of
religious poems, Anno Domini, has received endorsements from a variety of readers. I
am currently integrating some of my poetry and art in a series of hybrid poetry and
watercolor cards. Browse my web site for samples of all this work.
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Join me in celebrating the release of my new book of poems, Banners of Longing.
Whether you are a believer, an unbeliever, or just someone “on a quest,” I promise that you will find something in this new collection to call forth your enthusiastic response.
If you tell me for whom I should write a special message, I shall be happy to oblige.
Email ed.block@greendalebrushandquill.com for more information.
Here's an exciting new item -- my five-pack of Midwestern lighthouses, prints of original watercolors. Check them out!
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See more of my artwork (available for sale) at the bottom of this page.
Email ed.block@greendalebrushandquill.com for more information.
Moments Strange is an expansive collection of poems about nature, seasons, and places, both across and beyond the North American continent. It also contains autobiographical poems, a number of poems focused on the Midwest, and, of course, what can only be called a group of poems about “moments strange.”
Available for $19 plus shipping
Email me at ed.block@greendalebrushandquill.com for details
Announcing the publication of my third poetry collection, Shell Dreams, forty poems about Florida and beautiful Sanibel Island.
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Water’s Edge Press has nominated my poem “A Ship’s Complaint” for a Pushcart Prize!
Interview from The Lydia Lococco Show
Listen to my interview with Bonnie North on WUWM's Lake Effect. We talk about Anno Domini and the importance of poetry in all of our lives.