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.

Shine On, You Crazy Mountain.

One of those moments when clouds cast shadows over the valley while the mountain remains sunlit.  It looks so surreal when that happens.  (This picture doesn’t really do it justice.)

Roanoke, Virginia.



“Ruins,” Lluís Rigalt, 1865

Oil on canvas.

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Spillwords Press names Lisa H. Owens as Author of the Month for June 2024.

I hope you will all join me in congratulating Lisa H. Owens for being named Spillwords Press Author of the Month for June 2024.  (Thanks  also once again to those of you who voted for me.)  🙂

And while we’re at it, let’s also congratulate Joni Caggiano for winning Post of the Month for her poem, “Worn Slap Out.”



Variant cover to “Fantastic Four” #4, Alex Ross, 2023

Marvel Comics.

Portrait of Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński by Leon Wyczółkowski, 1907

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“I shall pass this way but once …”

“I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

— Etienne de Grellet, Quaker missionary



Happy Fourth of July, Folks.

Have fun and be safe.

Photo credit: Reba Spike, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

“Morning Light,” Elioth Gruner, 1916

Oil.