Tag Archives: Eric Robert Nolan

DISGUISE MODE.

See what I did there?

Mid-life is what you make it.


My “Confession” is included in Horror Sleaze Trash Quarterly.

I am so pleased to share here that my poem “Confession” was included in Horror Sleaze Trash’s quarterly print edition. (The poem was published online in March.)

You can download the entire issue for free right here:

Thanks again to Editor in Chief Arthur Graham for allowing me to see my writing in this irreverent, cutting edge literary magazine!



“The Nolan” is the name for “highly sought-after, exotic” lizard-skin cowboy boots … You can’t make this stuff up.

A reporter friend of mine passed this along. Life is so weird.

The Internet tells me that “The Nolan is a highly sought-after exotic boot known for its unique scale pattern, natural sheen, and supple feel.” They’re handmade in Mexico. Uh … thanks, Tecovas.

Hey, man, I’ll take it. (Coulda been urinal cakes or something.) Maybe they’ll pay me to be their spokesman.



250 Years.

We are a troubled country, and a divided one, but there is always so much good to be found here.

I hope that people abroad will see that in us. And we should take pride when we see it in ourselves.



An America 250 commemorative flag flies in Fraser, Colorado, on May 25, 2026. The flag celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Photo credit: Tony Webster, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

the air is burning

that is all

“Oh shit — that was today?”

I need to get that on a t-shirt.

The back of the t-shirt could read, “Sorry.”



Silent Spark Press will publish my poem “Where Would We Go?” in its upcoming Virginia Poetry anthology

I am so happy to learn just now that Silent Spark Press will publish my love poem “Where Would We Go?” in its upcoming anthology of Virginia Poets.

The book, which is scheduled for an October 11 release, will be “a thoughtfully curated collection created for readers who appreciate regional literature, lyrical expression, and the enduring power of place. Featuring about 100 poems by Virginia poets, this anthology invites readers on a literary journey through the state’s history, landscapes, communities, and cultural identity.”

Virginia Poets can be preordered right here.

Thank you, Silent Spark Press, for allowing me to find my work published in such a meaningful tribute to the Commonwealth of Virginia.



Polka-dot beetle!!

Polka-dotus beetlicus.

[Update — it has been brought to my attention that this creature is some iteration of Virginia’s most maligned invasive species, the spotted lantern fly.]



A college buddy took this photo in Baltimore. He said this guy reminded him of me.

Hey, I’ll take it. This dude is living his best life.