Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“THESE UNFORGOTTEN DREAMS” was once titled “New Dreams for Old?” That version was also shorter, but still inspired by the peddler/magician and lamp from the Aladdin story. The author rewrote the poem when she was part of a Round Robin* group of poets. This version first appeared in 1992 in Prize Poems, California Federation of Chaparral Poets.

*Poets who sent their poems to other poets for criticism. The poems continued circulating until each author received back their own poem with all the comments.

KALEIDOSCOPE—a series by Kathleen Roxby

“TO BE OR NOT TO BE” seemed to be an appropriate topic for the month when so many are thinking about resolutions for the New Year.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“WHEN A WINTER WIND SWEEPS ICE CRYSTALS THROUGH THE PASS YOU WILL HEAR THE HOWL OF THE SCAVENGERS” describes some of the neighbor children whose homes were not always happy. One family especially had a rough edge to their unspoken dissatisfaction with life. The author witnessed how time and again her parents, and grandmother, made the effort to welcome these children and to make them feel included and appreciated.