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Cover to “Venom” #4, Michael Mckone, 2011

Marvel Comics.

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Eric Robert Nolan reads “Haiku for a Coy-Eyed Girl”

Feign innocence, you
sly, lascivious dove, you
feral butterfly.

(c) Eric Robert Nolan



Variant cover to “Batman” #50, Alex Ross, 2018

Variant cover A.  DC Comics.

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(And I demand upbeat musical numbers.)

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It’s all politics?

So my last letter to the editor (about mandatory school prayer) was distributed to a readership of about 470,000 readers.

Not the biggest number ever (and there’s no telling how many consumers actually read the letter), but it’s still a nice number.

Writing about politics or current events will garner you a far greater audience than poetry.



Cover to “Grendel: Black, White, And Red” #2, Matt Wagner, 2020

Dark Horse Comics.

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So this is what the aftermath of a rockslide looks like.

This happened back in January 2021 off Orange Avenue here in Roanoke, Virginia.  Although the business was destroyed, thankfully no one was hurt.



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Illustration of mourning doves by Erich Schroeder, 1923

From “Contributions to the knowledge of the East African ornithology. Birds collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon Expedition, 1920.”  Journal für Ornithologie, Sonderheft, 1923.  Lund, C. Blom.

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THE TRUTH IS UNIMPEACHABLE.

Buddy of mine picked up fresh peaches from Ikenberry Orchards in Daleville, Virginia.  THE TASTE IS DIVINE.  This is bliss.

God bless the American South.



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Cover to “Batman Cover to Cover: The Greatest Comic Book Covers of the Dark Knight,” 2005

Composite image from various artists.

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