Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

The poem “BREAD FROM THE HEART” echoes the author’s opinion that a poet is more than a skilled writer. Margaret believed that a sense of the poetic is not something that can be learned. It must be innate.

KALEIDOSCOPE—a series by Kathleen Roxby

In some nations, poets are national heroes, in others they occupy a much lower rank. In “THE PERENNIAL ALSO RAN,” the author describes the second.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“IN THE SILENCE” was the author’s solution to writer’s block. Someone told her, “If you feel you can’t write, write about that.” This poem first appeared in the author’s chapbook, Chameleon Woman, published in 2000.