AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“HAIKU AT MIDNIGHT” is included this week for April 8, Day of Silence. The poem was found among the author’s papers and may have been written around the same time as “Rear View” (see this site March 2022), or simply at a time of exploring the haiku form which fascinated this author. She researched the form delving into how the Japanese language, unlike English, has spoken sounds that act in effect as punctuation (indicate a pause, for example.)

REFRACTIONS—the poetry of Robert Roxby

“WALK INTO THE WILD WITH ME” first appeared in the author’s collected poems, Reflections on a Life. In his poetry journal, he noted that the scene described in the poem is from 1933 in a “small special valley near Wheeling [West Virginia].” The poem is included this week for April 6, National Walking Day.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“MY NAME,” is the result of a poetry workshop exercise  which challenged the poets to create a poem about their names. This selection seemed appropriate for this week’s National Name Yourself Day, April 9.