Author Archives: riverwriter

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.

Ode to BOS

Before bright golden dawn dances tiptoe on the lusty mountaintops Boys of Sas rise from their barstools and stumble home to bed determined to open their bleary eyes before the sun has fled. [print_link]

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late arrival

The sun was forgotten when the boys arrived the younger fuzzy draped sleepily over his father’s shoulder, the older just antsy from the confines of the booster seat. Always such journeys end at night with uncertain entry into a semi-familiar … Continue reading

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oxygen

We enter the choir room first impression: the air is stale the windows are locked the accoustical properties are terrific first act: open the windows first law of using the room keep windows shut tight or earn wrath of committee … Continue reading

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