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.
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“The Dream of St. Ursula,” Vittore Carpaccio, 1495

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Tempera on canvas.

Accademia – Sogno di sant’Orsola – Vittore Carpaccio
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“We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”

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“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”

― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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(I myself am offthebeatenpath.)

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“I’m not a psycho. I’m an empath.”

Me: “You’re a psychempath.”

Portmanteau Nolan strikes again.

 

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Cover to “Battlestar Galactica: Six” #1, Jenny Frison, 2014

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Dynamite.

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Enjoying some poetry tonight from Cooch Behar Magazine’s new AIM anthology.

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Throwback Thursday: College Nolan!

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Circa 1992.  With College Girlfriend, no less.

The young lady pictured was always a sublimely cool individual, so I will spare her the ignominy of naming her here.  (We protect the innocent at this blog.)

Thanks to MWC Alum Rick Slagle for the photo!

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“Portrait of Mary Franziska Anna,” Franz von Stuck

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Tempera on wood.

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My poetry appears in three new anthologies by Cooch Behar Magazine.

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I am delighted today to learn that my poetry has been published in three new anthologies by Cooch Behar Magazine in India.

My poem “she” appeared in the new Illusion anthology, my poem “March Midnight Window” appeared in the Longing anthology, and my poem “The Mountain At Summer, Seen From Passing Car” appeared in the Joy anthology.  You can purchase the respective volumes here, here and here over at Amazon.

Thanks, as always, to Editor Sourav Sarkar for allowing me to see my work appear in such outstanding publications!

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“Beauty’s Altar,” Hubert von Herkomer, 1900

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Happy Veterans Day to all who served.

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And thank you.

Service members prepare the State and Territorial Cordon outside the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2023. This was part of the 70th National Veterans Day Observance. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)