AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“FANTASY, THE MAGIC DREAM” takes the form of a villanelle. The author liked to explore different poetic patterns and challenged her poet friends and members of her local chapter of the California Federation of Chaparral Poets to do the same. The poem appears this week for the Worldwide Candle Lighting, December 10.

KALEIDOSCOPE—the poetry by Kathleen Roxby

“THE EPITHET” is included this week for World Human Rights Day, December 10. While the Kaleidoscope feature is usually an essay about the oddities of the English language, this poem also focuses on a class of words.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—works by Kathleen Roxby

“WEATHERING WINTER” was inspired by one especially cold winter when the author found it difficult to leave the warmth of her bed.