AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“REMEMBERING A DREAM” was found among the writer’s papers. It was likely written about the same time as “The Awakening,” see this site July 26.

KALEIDOSCOPE—a series by Kathleen Roxby

“ENGLISH VS TWO ORIENTAL LANGUAGES” continues the author’s exploration of the oddities of the English language. This particular selection was inspired by reading another author’s exploration and explanation of Japanese (and its links to Chinese) in an on-line post on a site the author follows. The author and her poet mother were both drawn to oriental poetry and therefore the native languages in which these were written. When Kathleen was still a child, she found a small pamphlet describing the Chinese script from which she copied the ancient version of the word for “horse” (which still looked like the image of a horse) to paint onto a porcelain bowl she created in her fourth grade classroom when they studied China.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“RAINDROPS,” is a seasonal haiku which the author wrote during an exceptionally rainy year. It is included this week as the Fall season comes to an end.