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.

anatomy

The Battle of the Bulge, not by the First Airborne Division, but by me, at home, at the table. (#1028) Continue reading

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after

When grandchildren leave, everything in the house is covered with what might be confetti. What the heck is that about? (#1027) Continue reading

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absurd

Name one good thing about car alarms. The poet writes a screed. (#1026) Continue reading

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