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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Poster for “The Empire Strikes Back,” Tom Jung (1982)

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20th Century Studios.

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This is all wonderful work, but Kaci Skiles Laws’ “Sarah’s Ghost” is absolutely affecting. Wow.

Alien Buddha Zine #75

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Album Cover for “Erma Franklin – Piece Of Her Heart: The Epic And Shout Years,” 2009

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Shout! Records.

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Indie Writers’ Digest features my poetry.

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Indie Writers’ Digest in the United Kingdom recently invited me to submit a few of my poems, along with some comments about my journey as a poet.

I really am honored.  This is an outstanding magazine devoted specifically to independent creatives, and Editor and Publisher Bryony Petersen is a true pleasure to work with.

You can find the May 20th Issue right here.  My composition about my writing career can be found on page 29; a selection of my short poems appears on page 30.

Thank you again, Bryony, for introducing me to to the wonderful creative community of Indie Writers’ Digest!

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Cover to Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” Single, 1981

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Atlantic Records.

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There are mourning doves in my neighborhood!

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There was a pair of them who perched right outside my window a couple of weeks ago.  I’d hoped they were building a nest, but no luck.  (They had understandable concerns about having a shanty Irish neighbor.)

But they’re still around!  I could hear them a few minutes ago, sounding their call as they seem prone to doing near the end of the day.  Mourning doves and whippoorwills are the two birds whose song will always transport me back to being a kid in rural-suburban Long Island.  They’re little lyrical time machines.

Photo credit: Paul Danese, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

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Album Cover for Bjork’s “Debut,” 1993

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One Little Indian, Elektra.

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Memorial Day 2025

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I am feeling thankful this Memorial Day to brave souls who gave their lives so that mine could be free.

The Marine Corps Base Quantico Color Guard marches on the Colors during the opening of the Memorial Day ceremony at the Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, Va., May 25, 2015. Members of the American Legion, Boys Scouts, Veteran biker groups, and others assisted in the 32nd annual Memorial Day ceremony. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christina Wheeler/Released)