Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“SELMA”. The author wrote this poem in 1965 in reaction to what she had seen and heard during the Civil Rights March in the city of Selma, Alabama. In one of the television reports, the words “dog spelled backward is god” was said. This phrase found itself into her dream and this poem. This selection is included for this National Black History Month.

KALEIDOSCOPE—a series by Kathleen Roxby

“ANOTHER ODD COUPLING” continues the theme of paired words begun last week.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“THERE IS A PAIN WHICH IS NOT MY PAIN, AND YET IS”. This is one of the poet’s depression poems written sometime in the late 1960s through most of the 1970s. It seemed an appropriate poem to follow “SELMA” which appears this week.