AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“A DREAMER TARRIES” originally had no title; however, the website manager supplied this as it seemed appropriate. Music and fairies often appear in the author’s poems, a reflection of her early childhood. The poem, possibly an idea for a longer poem, was found among the author’s papers written on the back of an envelope.

REFRACTIONS –an essay by Kathleen Roxby

“GRANDMA ROXBY” was inspired by the author’s interview with her father to establish the start of a family tree. The project resulted in an incomplete tree, for her father did not have all the answers, of which she made several copies to send to an upcoming family reunion which the author would not be able to attend. This “tree” project was a success and inspired the family to do further research. The author always called this grandmother by the poem’s title to distinguish her from the author’s maternal grandmother who lived with the author during much of her childhood while Grandma Roxby lived three thousand miles away. This selection is included for September 10, Grandparents’ Day.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“AN OLD WOMAN’S HAIR” was inspired by several older women the author met or knew during her youth. Her own grandmother had short gray hair when the author was born, but later showed the author a braid of her chestnut brown hair which was kept in the cedar chest where her grandmother kept other memories. That keepsake is the real inspiration for this poem.