My voice, my words, with you, O love,
are storms on every day of every season,
and without
are an urchin’s fleeting whisper in the dark.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2023
A Poet’s Short Note to His Muse:
Monthly Archives: August 2023
“Francis of Assisi and The Heavenly Melody,” Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1904
(Add twang according to your preference.)
Single-spacing between sentences?
Try THAT in a small town.
The Oxford comma?
Try THAT in a small town.
“Daybreak,” Maxfield Parrish, 1922
“Fanny, Sketch Of A Girl In Crinoline Dress,” Frank Cadogan Cowper
Watercolor over pencil.
Preorders available for the Gathering poetry anthology!
You can pre-order your copy of the Gathering poetry anthology, assembled by Poets Anonymous for release at its book launch on August 22nd in Fairfax, Virginia. The anthology will include my poem, “Smiling Among Inert Shipwrecks.”
Details can be found here at the website for Local Gems Press, which is collaborating with Poets Anonymous to produce the book.
“Nothing” appears in Down in the Dirt Volume #210.
The August 2023 issue of Down in Dirt Magazine just dropped (Volume #210), including my short poem, “Nothing.” The theme of this issue is “At the Zoo.”
You can purchase a copy of Volume #210 right here at Amazon.
Or, you can read the entire issue online for free. My piece can be found right here.
Thanks once again to Editor Janet Kuypers for permitting me to showcase my work in such an outstanding literary magazine!
Cover to “House of Mystery” #203, Russ Heath, 1972
DC Comics.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 