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.

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rain is puddling on the grass polishing pregnant leaves empty garden table tops silent deck planks to mirror sky and tree tops like the side of a kartoon kar a drip from leaf to puddle and metal’s molten lawn shifts … Continue reading

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windows open season

Windows open season has come to the north bringing to the denizens of the muffled world the freedom to step outside in sandals let skin breathe and allow the unfettered display of tattoos and body piercings. With the media tuned … Continue reading

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tree games

In the morning as I’m shaving on a bright and windy day I glimpse something quickly passing by the window —second floor? Nothing could be near that window Are my eyes deceiving me? Could it be a bird in passing? … Continue reading

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