Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“A SPECIAL ART” was found among the author’s papers. It is included in this last week of the month because it is when many countries celebrate friendship, this week or the following in August.

REFRACTIONS—a poem by Robert Roxby

“CAMPOUT” was first published in the author’s collection, “Reflections on a Lifetime.” The poem describes a memory from 1929 when he was he was thirteen.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“MEASURING A FRIENDSHIP” is a recent poem by the author. It is included because July 30 was the first proposal for an International Friendship Day. The United States celebrates this on the first Saturday in August.