I am so grateful to have three poems and six photos published in the Spring/Summer 2026 Issue of The Stray Branch. Despite some challenging circumstances surrounding her family’s health, Editor and Founder Debbie Berk today released the new installment of this outstanding independent literature magazine. (I know I am not alone in admiring Ms. Berk’s extraordinary commitment to the creative community that she established.)
The poems selected were “imagine the moon as companion,” “An Altogether Different Slumber” and “Blue Wolves Move in an Indigo Wood.” The photos were a selection of black-and-white shots that I took throughout Salem and Roanoke, Virginia.
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I am so happy to report here that my short nature poem, “The Mountain at Summer, Seen from a Passing Car,” will be included in the upcoming Gathering poetry anthology. Gathering is an outstanding annual collection developed by Poets Anonymous and The Bards Initiative, and published by Local Gems Press.
The book is slated for an August 26th release, following a book launch that day at 7:30 PM at the Courtyard Dulles Airport Chantilly, 3935 Centerview Drive, Chantilly VA 20151. (The doors open at 7 PM.)
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 