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.

Woodhaven, Queens, after the Blizzard of 2016 (Photos)

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The George Washington Bridge today.

Shot by my Longwood High School friend, James Dentel.

 

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Richard Wagner’s “Tristan Und Isolde” (Prelude)

Performed by Daniel Barenboim at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, 1983.

 

The sky before dark tonight was another encroaching universe.

The sky before dark tonight was another encroaching universe — a smothering, grave world of darkening gray pearl.  I imagined it first as an endless ether of flurried lead. It looked at once as shapeless as smoke, and as hard and dull as immovable concrete.

A storm is coming.

“Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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Sunrise at Miller Place Beach, NY (Photo)

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Photo credit: Iracaz at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons.

 

Quick site update – new poetry section

Hey, gang!  Since I first began seeking publication about three years ago, I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of my poetry published.  My poetry section here at the site was getting quite long, so I began a second section for my newly published work — “My poetry, from 2016.”

Both sections can be found at the menu to the left here at my blog.

Thanks!

Run-down truck, Long Island’s North Fork (Photo)

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Photo credit:  http://www.cgpgrey.com [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Jamaica, Queens (Photo)

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Photo credit: By Seshball (Queens, Jamaica) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine features “Confession”

I’m honored today to see “Confession,” easily my most popular poem to date, featured in Issue 10 of Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine.  As in the past, I am grateful to Editor Samantha Rose for allowing me to share my work alongside that of so many talented writers.

Issue 10 can be purchased in paperback format for just $3.41 right here:

Issue 10 in paperback

Issue 10 can also be downloaded in PDF format for free!  Just click here:

Issue 10 for free in PDF format

 

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