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.

Three of my poems were published today over at European Poetry.

The poems were “At the Coffee Shop,” “All Our Faults Are Fallen Leaves” and “Fawning Haiku.”  You can find them right here.

Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Faiyaj Islam Fahim, for featuring my work at this outstanding literary resource for Europe and beyond.



Artwork for Antent’s “Hope to See You Again,” 2023

“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”

—  Publilius Syrus



Photo image: Bilal Detailz, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

My people are the coolest.

Look at the lovely presents my fellow author friend gave me for The Feast of Tabernacles.

The candle actually smells like lavender.



Cover to “Fantastic Four” #45, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott & Stan Goldberg, 1965

Marvel Comics.

(It took me a minute to realize that the misspellings here were intentional.) :-D

Cover to “Out of the Shadows” #9, 1953

Standard Comics.  I cannot ascertain the cover artist — it is possibly George Roussos.

My poem “This Windy Morning” will be included in Local Gems Press’ annual Halloween anthology!

I’m thrilled to share here that a poem of mine will be included in this year’s installment of Local Gems Press’ annual Halloween anthology, Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows 2025.

The poem is “This Windy Morning,” and I am grateful to Maddie McGivney and Bards President James P. Wagner for letting me join the holiday fun.  🙂

You can preorder a copy of the book, if you wish, right here at the Local Gems Press website.



Cover to Buzzy Lee’s “Facepaint” EP, 2018