Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“QUIET WORLD OF WINTER”. In the original version “whisper soft” was spelled as one word, not two.

REFRACTIONS

“WINTER BEGINS” by Robert Roxby. The first thirty years of Robert’s life was spent in states where winter snow was a regular occurrence. He speaks of drinking tea in this poem, but when he lived in the East, it would have been coffee. Tea was the doctor ordered beverage in his old age when this poem was written.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“ORPHAN CHILD”, newly edited for this site was published originally as a memoir poem. The author has since learned that around the time of finding her orphan doll, her dad had promoted a Negro(the term in use at the time) on his team for his excellence, passing over a white man whose work was subpar. This was protested by the white worker. Robert told him, “When your work is the equal to his, I will promote you as well.” The author now believes the doll was thrown in the hope of breaking a picture window at the front of the house to send a warning to Robert. The doll likely came from the Los Angeles factory for Ideal Toys, a local manufacturer which distributed one such doll until 1953.