Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“DREAM MEMORY OF JAMAICA” was written after a Caribbean cruise which stopped twice along the southern coast of Jamaica.  In 1982, the author enclosed a copy of the poem with a hand-carved wooden tray from the island as a wedding gift for the daughter of a friend.

KALEIDOSCOPE—by Kathleen Roxby

“TOOL TERMS FROM DAD” is included this month as a tribute for Father’s Day.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“HIDDEN LILACS” is a recent poem written about the hotel stop enjoyed before and after a cruise along the Inland Passage to Alaska. It describes the author’s first experience of lilacs.