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.

It’s that time of year, Caesar.

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Feeling thankful for what I have.

Food, a nice place to live in a city that I love, a wonderful girl and loads of good friends. A good portion of the world is not so lucky.

Perspective is a good thing.

Eschewing the Oxford comma — that’s something else I’m thankful for.



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Poster for “Clear and Present Danger” (1994)

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“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” — Plato

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Source: The English Literature page on Facebook

“An Ode to Daylight Savings”

Your absence ever leaves me sour,
annual absconded hour —

that vexing day when March exhibits
sixty fewer sleeping minutes.

Subtract an hour of labor, please!
But leave to me my precious Z’s!

— Eric Robert Nolan



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“L’Aurore,” William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1881

“Dawn.”  Oil.

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“I will not stand to live in a world where love invisible.”

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“Phrosine and Mélidore,” Édouard Joseph Dantan, 1878

Oil on canvas.

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Throwback Thursday: Nabisco Chocolate Snaps!

I remember — fondly, if a bit vaguely.  I seem to recall getting these as a treat from my grandparents when I was just a tot in the 1970’s.  They were pretty tasty.



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Hot off the press from Ireland — The Galway Review 12.

I am currently enjoying The Galway Review’s annual anthology, The Galway Review 12 — which includes my poem, “The Beach House, Early Spring.”   (The piece was published online by the magazine in October 2023.)

This really is one of the nicest honors I’ve received as a poet.  The Galway Review is the city’s leading literary magazine, with more than a half a million readers worldwide, and I was included along with just seven other poets to see my work appear in this annual publication.  I remain quite grateful to the magazine’s editors for selecting my poem.

If you’d like to peruse the anthology, you can read it online for free right here.



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