AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“PIRACY” is included as a nod to the fact that August is designated International Pirate Month. The poem was found among the author’s papers as one of the poems she shared with her Round Robin poet friends.

REFRACTIONS—the poetry by Robert Roxby

“YUMA” is included this week as the fourth week in August is Be Kind to Humankind Week. The poem was found in the poet’s journal.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“ANNEKE (An Author Writes to the Character She Created)” is included this week for World Letter Writing Day, September 1. When in tenth grade, the author’s English teacher presented the class with the assignment to write one page of a diary from the point of view of a person living outside of the US and in the midst of WW2 action. Having read both the diary of Anne Frank and that of another of a child of similar age also a resident of the Netherlands, the author used this knowledge to inform her writing. She received an A minus on her project because technically she wrote more than a page, turning it in on a page slightly longer than standard letter size. The original diary page still exists in the author’s files.