AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“A TALE OF TWO SUNS,” was inspired by two people the author knew. It is interesting to note that the poet’s daughter wrote a similarly themed poem based on Rolvaag’s Giants in the Earth, which the two women discussed. It is not known if the discussion influenced the production of this poem which was found among the poet’s papers.

REFRACTIONS—an poem by Robert Roxby

With the poem,“MONSTER,” the poem returns us to a memory from his childhood in in Acmetonia, Pennsylvania 1923. While this one was found in the author’s journal, another, “Spring Swim,” was published in his collection Reflections on a Lifetime and appeared on this site in May of 2022.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“A SPECIAL TEA” describes an experience of the author and is included this week for May 23, International Tea Day.