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.

ears

My memories of the party are visual: photos, faces, continuous white noise video smiling eyes, gesturing fingers, hands, nose-to-nose discussions, sipping ideas in the dim bar, children in a booth friends, relatives, companions gathered to celebrate life—it plays like a … Continue reading

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remembering Ed

Summers, years ago we used to sit with binocs out front of the cottage Sundays and comment on topless beauties passing on gleaming white boats; God I miss those days when he and I would sit on our asses, sipping … Continue reading

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polished wood

Hands’ constant use will polish wood with the patina of constant use. This wooden door, handle, tool responds to, fits the hand. The knife lies on the shelf its ebony handle waiting to deliver the blade to use. The curved … Continue reading

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