Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“ON MY SUNSHINE TABLE” was written as a thank you note which she sent to her friends who had gathered to honor her.

REFRACTIONS

“THANKS” appeared in Reflections on a Lifetime, an anthology of poems written by Robert Roxby.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“FINDING FRIENDSHIP” was inspired by a conversation with a woman who was in despair of ever finding a good friend. She described her past friendships (the fools’ gold and riches versions). As she talked, she and the author sat beside a creek. The vision in the poem appeared in the author’s mind. At the same time, the author’s mother was learning Esperanto. The Esperanto word for friends, “amicoj” (pronounced ahm-i-coy), appealed to the author who chose to use it in this poem.