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Move over, pineapple pizza. It’s time for OCTOPUS PIZZA.

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I am a man who is loathe to tamper with a classic.  And every slice of pizza from Benny Marconi’s in Roanoke, Virginia is a damned artwork.

Still … they did not offer octopus as a topping.  (I searched their website pretty thoroughly.)  And then I realized that I had NEVER seen the most sublime of foods offered as a pizza topping.

Innovation built this country, and I have a flair for the culinary.  So I went home and concocted the brilliance you see below.

Update — Damn.  I just realized I wrote this whole post ignoring the potential for an “octupie” pun.

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Anti-Heroin Chic publishes a photo of mine!

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I am delighted today to see a photo of mine published in Issue 35 of Anti-Heroin Chic.  🙂

You can find it right here at this link.  (Or, you can simply link through my name in the issue’s table of contents.)

Anti-Heroin Chic has consistently been the home of some of the most raw and compelling creative work that I’ve found online.  I’m honored to see one of my photos featured there, and I’m grateful to Editor Roy Duffield for selecting it.

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Throwback Thursday: Wista-SHEER Sawce.

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Flashback to the early 1990’s.   I worked the cafeteria at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  (It was a work-study program.)  Southern kids would line up at the counter for me to serve them Worcestershire sauce, because they laughed at the way I pronounced it.

It’s “wista-SHEER sawce.”  Years of seeing it passed around my New York Irish dinner table could not have misinformed me.  It was the Southerners and their adorable “WAR-is-to-Shire” pronunciation that deserved laughter.

I’m glad we had this talk.

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“The Mountain at Summer, Seen From a Passing Car,” by Eric Robert Nolan

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Northern wind on southern steeps,
cords of copper rock in frieze,
arrowed “A” of singing geese,
swerve of bees and sea of trees,
summer green and salve of ease,
kiss of heat and coax of breeze.

(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2024

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It’s a “Gathering” Gathering! (August 27th in Chantilly, VA)

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Hey, gang, I just wanted to help spread the word about Poets Anonymous’ August 27th launch event for the second annual Gathering poetry anthology.  The event will take place at 7:30 at Courtyard Dulles Airport Chantilly, 3935 Centerview Drive, Chantilly VA 20151. (The door opens at 7.)

Admission is $5.  You can purchase the book at the event, if you wish; preorder information is right here.   The poets whose work will appear in the anthology have been invited to read their work (though I am sadly unable to attend due to a prior commitment.)

I hope you are all having a terrific summer.  🙂

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My “prayer upon an empty hilltop” will be published in the second annual “Gathering” poetry anthology.

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I’m so happy to learn that my “prayer upon an empty hilltop” poem will be published in the second annual Gathering poetry anthology — due to be released at the end of August by Poets Anonymous!  I will post details and ordering information as it becomes available.

I had my work selected last year for the Gathering’s inaugural issue, so I am especially honored to see one of my poems published in this second annual collection.

Thanks once again to Bards President James P. Wagner, as well as Lesley Tyson and Megan McDonald of Poets Anonymous!

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Spillwords Press names Lisa H. Owens as Author of the Month for June 2024.

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I hope you will all join me in congratulating Lisa H. Owens for being named Spillwords Press Author of the Month for June 2024.  (Thanks  also once again to those of you who voted for me.)  🙂

And while we’re at it, let’s also congratulate Joni Caggiano for winning Post of the Month for her poem, “Worn Slap Out.”

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I’ve been nominated for June 2024 Author of the Month at Spillwords Press.

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Hey, gang.  I’ve been nominated by the community over at Spillwords Press for June 2024 Author of the Month.  🙂  This follows their publication of my poem “The Writer” on June 15.

If you would care to vote for me, it’s easy to do so — you can vote right here from today through Saturday.

Please note that you would have to be a member of the Spillwords Press community.  But registration is quick and easy at this link.

Thanks so much to anyone who had a hand in nominating me; I really am grateful to be recognized this way.

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Poetry Hall translates two of my poems into Chinese for its worldwide readership.

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I’ve been extended a really nice and unusual honor — Poetry Hall translated two of my poems into Chinese for its worldwide population of readers.

The two poems are “Quiet White Dog Short Poem” and “March Midnight Window;” they appeared in Issue 24 of Poetry Hall, released today.  The bilingual journal has a truly interesting format — it prints each poem in both English and Chinese, side by side.  You can purchase Issue 24 right here on Amazon.

Poetry Hall is a Chicago-based publisher and is a project of the Chinese Poetry Association.  I’m grateful to Managing Editor Kai Mills for allowing me to see my work appear in such a distinguished global publication.