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About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

Review: The Canterbury Tales–a musical

Posted on June 5, 2009 by riverwriter

Student theatre is an easy sell for the families and friends of the performers who can be counted upon to attend and applaud no matter what. The quality of performance in Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational Institute’s production of The Canterbury … Continue reading →

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smoldering

Posted on June 4, 2009 by riverwriter

I wrote this poem after a call by teachers who were concerned that the student cast of the spring musical were not going to be ready for opening night. I suggested they call in a formidable stranger to shake up the cast. They asked me to do it. I watched an hour and a half of rehearsal, then addressed the cast. The result was electric, for the students, and for me. Continue reading →

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’tis lap a pal, ‘s it?

Posted on May 27, 2009 by riverwriter

Did you just turn as you passed and subtly smile back at me before you hurried on? I watched your back recede but did not need to exchange formulae or other recipes. “How are you?” You would say “Fine,” I … Continue reading →

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