I hope you will join me in congratulating Eamon O’Leary for being named Spillwords Press Author of the Month for March 2025. Mr. O’Leary’s wonderful essay, Chance a Change, appeared on March 4th. (And I do thank those of you who voted for me, by the way.)
Let’s also congratulate Hikari for being awarded for Post of the Month. Her poem “Prayer to the Sea” was published on March 15th.
Hey, gang — I’ve been nominated for another Spillwords Press Award, this time for March 2025 Author of the Month. (Spillwords Press featured my poem “Like White Plumeria Petal” on March 8th.)
If you would care to vote for me, you can do so right here. Just remember you have to register with Spillwords Press and log in first.
I hope your spring is off to a great start!
I took this shot because it shows how mountains encircle Roanoke. (From this one particular place on Hershberger Road, you can see them in the distance in the west, north and east.)
For newcomers hailing from a very flat place like Long Island, this can actually mess with your sense of direction — because your mind might unconsciously use the nearest mountain as a frame of reference. (It should be noted here, however, that I have always had a lousy sense of direction. I was legendary in New York for easily becoming lost.)
I’m honored to see my poem “March Midnight Window” appear in the March 2025 issue of cc&d magazine, released tonight from Scars Publications. The theme of the March issue is “The World Engine.”
You can read the entire magazine online right here, if you would like. Or, if you want to find my poem right away, it’s right here. If you would like to receive your own print copy of the magazine, you can order it here from Amazon.
Thank you, Editor Janet Kuypers, for allowing me to see my work showcased for the first time in the pages of cc&d magazine!
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 