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.

hiatus

For the last five days, I have been incapacitated by influenza. Some thoughts on that. (#1031) Continue reading

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inside, the soft

This poem comes by roundabout route: I was considering how many people I know who have achieved something at a world-class level—now it’s really hard to explain: you’ll just have to read the poem. (#1030) Continue reading

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souvenir

In 1961, a grade 9 student gave me three blades of grass she had plucked from under the fence at Graceland. (#1029) Continue reading

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