AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN – a poem by Margaret Roxby

“WHEN ALL SEARCHING SEEMS FRUITLESS” touches on the author’s feeling of gloom when dealing with writer’s block. It is included this week as a companion piece to the one appearing in the feature Through the Looking Glass. (2024 update) Found among the author’s notes: Fran, my friend, Mrs. Wright was moving away from us into another realm. There was still a frail hope that that there could be a return to things as they had been, but deep within my consciousness, sounded the first warning bell—this awful truth was being born—in this state of confusion, a poem came into being. I call it “When All Searching Seems Fruitless.”

REFRACTIONS—by Kathleen Roxby

“CARL’S CHOICE” is not truly a memoir. It is fiction but based on the author’s observation of her fellow writers and the instruments (pen and paper, computer, typewriter) they use to compose their thoughts. It is included this week because Jan. 8 is World Typing Day.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—a poem by Kathleen Roxby

“I WRITE” first appeared the poet’s chapbook, Chameleon Woman, 2001. The author created the poem during her long struggle with depression and speaks of how she fought it by writing. It is a companion piece for the piece featured under Glass Rain.

#World Typing Day