Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“REAR VIEW” was published in Treasures of Parnassus, Best Poems of 1962 and in Ipso Facto, an International Poetry Society Anthology. It is included for Red Cross Month for the work they do to help the homeless. The event described did occur when the poet was out driving. It is possible that the person reminded her of Charlie, a WWI veteran with PTSD. She often saw him drunkenly slumped in doorways when she was a child.

KALEIDOSCOPE—a series by Kathleen Roxby

In “CONFUSION ALL AROUND”, the author continues her exploration of the problems homonyms create.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“PAPER DOLL” is the title poem for one of the author’s chapbooks published in 2000. She drew upon her childhood memories of playing with paper dolls for many of the images used. It appears this week in honor of Women’s History Month.