Today I’m accompanying you everywhere in an official red vest as your registered emotional support poet.
I’m … not very well trained. I often fall back on limericks.
But they’re SUPPORTIVE limericks.
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Eric Robert Nolan listed with the Poets & Writers Directory
I received a really nice honor yesterday, friends — I am now listed in the Poets & Writers Directory. This is a registry of over 10,000 published authors, maintained by Poets & Writers — America’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers. You can find it right here.
Poets & Writers was founded in 1970. Its mission is “to foster the professional development of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.”
I am quite grateful to Assistant Web Editor Francisco Marquez and his colleagues in New York City for assisting me during the application process.
(Then again, he’s always a little pensive …)
(If you don’t get the reference, then ketchup with the news today.)
They say Trump realizes now that he shouldn’t have splattered ketchup against the wall when Bill Barr repudiated his election claims.
HEINZ SIGHT IS 20/20.
Care to vote for Publication of the Month at Spillwords?
Reminder — today is the last day to vote for the Spillwords Press Awards for June 2022. You can vote for both Author of the Month and Publication of the Month right here. (As I shared here on Sunday, a poem of mine entitled “Where Would We Go?” is a nominee in the latter category. I remain grateful if you’ve supported this piece so far.)
Buildings being demolished on Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, VA
June 2022. I thought this was pretty wild — what you see is a row of buildings that have been almost entirely demolished, all facing Campbell Avenue. (These include what used to be the Campbell Court Bus Station and the deli beside it.) The facades at front remain intact for now, but they are otherwise gutted.
The Roanoke Times publishes my latest letter to the editor.
The Roanoke Times today published my letter to the editor about mandatory prayer in the public school classroom. You can read it online right here.
The Roanoke Times is Virginia’s third-largest newspaper, with a Sunday circulation of nearly 230,000 people. Thanks so much to its editorial staff for allowing me to share my opinion with my neighbors in Southwest Virginia.
My poem “Where Would We Go?” was nominated for a Spillwords Press Award.
I was notified last night that my poem “Where Would We Go?” was nominated for a Spillwords Press Publication of the Month Award for June. I am just thrilled with the distinction; thanks so much to those of you who’ve supported this piece already.
“Where Would We Go?” was published for the first time at Spillwords Press on June 13 — you can find it right here. I’d be flattered, of course, if you liked the poem enough to vote in its favor. You’d need to register as a user first with the Spillwords Press website, but that’s quick and easy enough. Here’s where to vote.
I hope you all had a great weekend!
Do these five things.
Read.
Think.
Learn.
Question authority.
Question the consensus of your peer group.
Anyone who does NOT want you to do these things is not acting in your best interest.
Norfolk Southern train seen from Norfolk Avenue SE
Roanoke, VA, June 2022.
Heading east. Overhead is the Market Street Walkway.
As always, I apologize here for the shaky-cam. I was especially discombobulated after running to get the shot. It even exceeded my daily baseline of dysfunctional discombobulation.
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