Your absence ever leaves me sour,
annual absconded hour —
that vexing day when March exhibits
sixty fewer sleeping minutes.
Subtract an hour of labor, please!
But leave to me my precious Z’s!
— Eric Robert Nolan
Tag Archives: Mary Washington College
Hot off the press from Ireland — The Galway Review 12.
I am currently enjoying The Galway Review’s annual anthology, The Galway Review 12 — which includes my poem, “The Beach House, Early Spring.” (The piece was published online by the magazine in October 2023.)
This really is one of the nicest honors I’ve received as a poet. The Galway Review is the city’s leading literary magazine, with more than a half a million readers worldwide, and I was included along with just seven other poets to see my work appear in this annual publication. I remain quite grateful to the magazine’s editors for selecting my poem.
If you’d like to peruse the anthology, you can read it online for free right here.
Three poems of mine selected by Lothlorien Poetry Journal.
I’m honored to share here that three poems of mine have been selected for publication by Lothlorien Poetry Journal: “school shooter,” “The Windy Morning” and “The Rough, Violet Stone.”
Thanks once again to Editor Strider Marcus Jones for allowing me to see my work showcased by this excellent literary magazine!
Throwback Thursday: Spring Break 1994!
This was taken at North Carolina’s Outer Banks in 1994. Pictured at right is the indomitable, inimitable, irreplaceable Dave Kline, of Mary Washington College fame. (Yes, his fashion sense was legendary.)
Who is the goofy guy at left? I have no idea.
Anyway, what a trip that was. I’m sure I’m not the only one of my dormmates who remembers it fondly.
Photo collage from the “Bulletin of the Normal School for Women, Fredericksburg, Virginia, April, 1920”
“The Normal School for Women” later became Mary Washington College. There is a pernicious rumor going around that it was subsequently named “The University of Mary Washington,” but we all know that couldn’t be right.
Anyway, you can view and enlarge this image here at Wikimedia Commons.
Poetry and commentary, 2024
Just FYI, if you’d like to keep track of my mad scribblings, I started a new page here at the blog for 2024 poetry and commentary.
Impspired Volume 13 features three of my poems.
Impspired in the United Kingdom released its 13th volume today, featuring three of my poems: “At the Coffee Shop,” “Autumn Girl” and “A Poet’s Short Note to His Muse.” (These pieces were previously published online in Impspired Issue 26.)
You can purchase a paperback copy of Impspired Volume Thirteen right here over at Amazon.
As always, I am grateful to Editor Steve Cawte for allowing me to see my work published by such an outstanding literary magazine!
(And miles to go before I sleep.)
Got my first rejection letter from a publication in China.
Hey — it’s a “trying milestone.” I failed, but I tried something new for the first time.
Like when submitted to The New Yorker or to The Irish Times.
Lothlorien Poetry Journal prints my tribute to Dennis Williamson in Volume 29.
I’m honored to share here that Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 29 includes my tribute to my late friend and colleague, Dennis Williamson. (Dennis was also known by his nom de plume, Dennis Villelmi.) The journal originally published the essay online on October 19th.)
Lothlorien Poetry Journal features free verse/rhyming/experimental poetry, short stories and flash fiction; the theme for Volume 29 is Amplified Voices in the Murmurs of Infinity. I am so pleased to be published beside 71 renowned poets and authors, and I’m grateful to Editor Strider Marcus Jones for accepting my essay.
You can purchase Volume 29 right here at Lulu.
Happy New Year!!
I wish all of you the best in peace, prosperity and happiness in 2024.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 
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