All posts by Phil Slattery

Publisher, Rural Fiction Magazine; publisher, The Chamber Magazine; founder, the Farmington Writers Circle. I have written short stories and poetry for many years. In my careers as a Naval officer and in the federal government, I have written thousands of documents of many types. I am currently working on a second edition for my poetry collection and a few novels.

Empty Chairs

She is no longer the bird she once was, the one that flew high to Tibet, alone; the one that made circles around Lake Namtso, the mirror of heaven; the one that laughed until out of breath. Instead, she became a tree. She can’t move her own nest — Liu Xiaobo can’t move, so she […]

via Liao Yiwu: Introduction to Liu Xia’s collection EMPTY CHAIRS (Graywolf Press, 2015) — Kanlaon

“Unplug” Poetry by Jodi

Almost everything will work again if you Unplug it for a few minutes… Including you. – Ann Lamott Unplug…. even if only for a few minutes. Cheers & Hugs, Jodi

via Unplug — the creative life in between

Jane Dougherty Writes

born of the stars, fire breath, with eternity in your smile. Ghosts of desire haunt the morning, listen to their voices, soft as velvet. Night lingers, remembering how we were.

via You were — Jane Dougherty Writes

Remembering Douglas Adams

Today is the day on which we remember the birth of Douglas Adams – a giant in the field of: “…comedic sci-fi authors who tried for the rest of their lives to get Hollywood to make a film of their magnum opus but who dies before it came to fruition… only to see it immediately […]

via Happy Birthday… — It’s Just A Theory…

Most people consider happiness a complex, elusive and unreachable goal. In our relentless pursuit of happiness, we are no way prepared as it is happening to us every moment. More often we sought it in the wrong places. I came across the book “With GOD All Things Are Possible” and here is what I found […]

via WHERE TO FIND HAPPINESS (2 min read) — Millionaire’s Digest