All posts by Eric Robert Nolan

Eric Robert Nolan graduated from Mary Washington College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He spent several years a news reporter and editorial writer for the Culpeper Star Exponent in Culpeper, Virginia. His work has also appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers in Virginia, including The Free Lance – Star and The Daily Progress. Eric entered the field of philanthropy in 1996, as a grant writer for nonprofit healthcare organizations. Eric’s poetry has been featured by Dead Beats Literary Blog, Dagda Publishing, The International War Veterans’ Poetry Archive, and elsewhere. His poetry will also be published by Illumen Magazine in its Spring 2014 issue.

I’ve got more issues than Newsweek.

(Still funny, though. Ya gotta gimme that.)

The latest is that the ball joint in my right hip feels like cocaine-crazed alpine marmots are biting and clawing at it. (They’re vicious little animals, by the way — never show ’em your back.)

It sucks getting old. (Though, as my father used to say, “it beats the alternative.”)



The Piker Press publishes my poem, “Orchard, Girl and Frost.”

The Piker Press today published my poem, “Orchard, Girl and Frost.” 🙂

You can find it right here.

As always, I’m grateful to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for founding this wonderful creative community!



Cover to “Dr. Fate” #1, Shawn McManus, 1988

DC Comics.

Jaine Sirieys reads “Blue!”

My amazing friend Jaine Sirieys performed a wonderful reading of my poem “Blue.” She has a beautiful voice and a lovely British accent. I’m so honored that she took the time to so capably interpret something that I authored. 🙂 ❤



Poster for “V/H/S/2” (2013)

Magnolia Pictures.

There’s a price tag on my ear because I am currently for sale at the consignment shop.

Retail wasn’t an option. I’m pre-owned.

“The Temptation of Sir Percival,” Arthur Hacker, 1894

Oil.

Cover to “Creepy” #11, Frank Frazetta, 1966

Warren Publishing.