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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A rising tide raises all ships.

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Via the Black & Gold Poetry Facebook page.

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Impspired includes one of my poems in the “Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues” special fundraising anthology.

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I am truly honored to have a poem selected for a special project undertaken by Impspired in the United Kingdom — a new literary collection entitled Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues.  The anthology is composed of creative work from people throughout the world whose lives have been touched by loss due to heart disease.  Impspired will donate the profits from the collection to cardiac research.

The cover art that you see was created by the talented Poppy M. E. Brill, a 15-year-old student from Lincolnshire, UK.

The poem of mine selected was my prose love poem, “Her Smile Was Silver Jupiter.”  I am grateful indeed to Editor Steve Cawte for allowing my work to be a part of this important publication.

Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues can be ordered right here from Amazon.

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Cover to “Marvels” #0, Alex Ross, 1994

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Marvel Comics.

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Newsday prints my letter about the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s home

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I just found out that my recent letter to the editor about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was printed in the Sunday edition of New York’s Newsday. You can find it right here.

Thanks once again to Newsday’s editorial staff for allowing me to share my opinion through this outstanding regional newspaper.

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[smiles and nods silently]

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Totally true fact — as a New Yorker living in The South, I do NOT always understand what people are saying to me. The accents, the idioms …

I CAN’T keep asking people to clarify or repeat things every time this happens. This town would grind to a halt.

So if I respond inappropriately or not at all to something you’ve said to me, Roanokers, please know that I can’t help it. A lot of your upbeat utterances kinda blend together for me. We could be talking about American Idol, the Spanish American War, three-cheese omelettes, the Nikkei Stock Index, whatever. I JUST DON’T KNOW.

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Cover to “Captain America: Steve Rogers” #7, Stephanie Hans, 2017

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Marvel Comics.

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A slow-moving train in Roanoke, VA, August 2022

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Just north of downtown, seen on an overcast summer day from the walkway over the railroad tracks.

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“Mother and Child” from “Basel’s Dance of Death” by Matthäus Merian, 17th Century

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WHATABOUT WHATABOUT WHATABOUT WHATABOUT

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“What about Hillary?”
“What about Obama?”
“What about Black Lives Matter” [et cetera, et alia]?

If these people and organizations are truly the nefarious bogeymen that you claim them to be, then why should they set the standards for your own behavior?

Okay … let me put it in simpler terms:

If Hillary does something wrong, it’s okay for your guy to do it? I thought you were AGAINST Hillary. Did I misunderstand you?

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“Monk” from “Basel’s Dance of Death” by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

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Copperplate.

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