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.

adamantium

The public health announcement of the impending threat of a virus was received by the adamantine population like a reminder to file taxes: impending, unpleasant, and remote. The silence was tangible. But a healthy child died: then windows closed, and … Continue reading

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stained glass windows

Next month, I shall be reading Stave IV of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as part of the CBC-sponsored reading at St. John’s Church. We had a photo op today; this poem resulted. (#954) Continue reading

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slow cold glow

Winter is coming. (#953) Continue reading

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