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.

Cover to “The Saturday Evening Post,” May 29, 1943

Featuring “Rosie the Riveter,” by Norman Rockwell.

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Christ, I’m funny.

Trump supporter friend: “Now is the time for Christians to share the good news of the Gospel and get as many to accept Jesus Christ as we are able…..He’s coming back very, very soon!”

Me: “Don’t wait up. He’s at my house celebrating the election results.”

Variant Cover to “Captain America” #15, Adam Hughes, 2019

Cover B. Marvel Comics.

“There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity …”

“There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.”

-–  Archibald Macleish

Sunrise Service - 2005 ANC
The Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region hosted an Easter Sunrise Service Sunday, March 27, 2005 at Arlington National Cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater. Here a member of the Navy Honor Guard stands during the the early morning Easter gathering. The free, nondenominational worship service began with the United States Air Force Band playing a prelude concert at 6:15 a.m. Call to worship started at 6:30 a.m. Rear Admiral Robert F. Burt, Deputy Chief of Navy Chaplains and Chaplain of the Marine Corps delivered the sermon. Members of the military community, general public, and media attended the joint-service event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Mark A. Suban)

Cover to “Civil War II: Choosing Sides” #1, Jim Cheung, 2016

Marvel Comics.

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Remember, remember the Fifth of November,/ Americans voting a lot!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
Americans voting a lot!
The president’s lying, corruption and treason
has not been forgot!

The Donald, The Donald, ’twas his intent
to topple elected government.
He rallied a mob of gun-toting hayseeds
to bolster his own autocracy.

But good people braved the long voting lines
and remembered to mail their ballots on time.
Most of the voters were not confused
by InfoWars, O.A.N. or Fox News.

Joe Biden’s poll numbers are closing in!
Holler boys, holler girls, let the bells ring!

— Eric Robert Nolan 🙂

“Like an obese turtle /on his back flailing …”

I added line breaks to Anderson Cooper’s on-air description of President Trump tonight. Now it’s a short poem.

Like an obese turtle
on his back flailing
in the hot sun realizing
his time is over
and trying to take everyone down
with him.

— Anderson Cooper

Not sure where to go with this.

Being a writer, I’d like to think I have pretty good understanding of the nuances of words.

If you try to prevent votes from being counted, that makes you a LITERAL enemy of democracy, right?

You would be an enemy of democracy IN THE SIMPLEST AND MOST LITERAL SENSE of that term.

COVER TO “BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT” #2, ED HANNIGAN AND GEORGE PRATT, 1989

DC Comics.

COUNT THE VOTES. COUNT THE VOTES. COUNT THE VOTES.

If you try to prevent another American’s vote from being counted (or support those who do), you ought to be ****ing ashamed of yourself.

This is America. We count votes here.

If you don’t like it, go to North Korea. And take your babbling cult leader with you.