AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“THE CAROUSEL” is included as August is designated as Family Fun Month. The poet chose the carousel as a subject when her local poetry group suggested they all use games, rhymes and so forth from their childhoods as inspiration for a poem. The poem was found among the poet’s papers.

REFRACTIONS—the poetry by Robert Roxby

“WHY POETRY?” is included this week for Bad Poetry Day, Aug 18. This is not a judgment of the poem’s merit but in reference to the poet’s own words in the poem, “Gibberish, at least some of it, seems to me.” The poem was found in the poet’s journal.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“LITTLE BO PEEP RESTYLED” was originally titled “…In the Style of E.A. Poe,” was written for fun when another poet suggested using nursery rhymes as the inspiration for new poems. The author read this poem at for her local poetry group in 2022 for Bad Poetry Day for which it is included this week.