AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN – poetry by Margaret Roxby

“SAIL POEM EXPERIMENTS,” are exactly what the title implies, the author’s attempt to compose a poem in the shape of a sail. This exercise was likely in response to a prompt at a meeting of her local chapter of Round Robin poets. Poet’s comments: The “sail” form, very interesting. I did not understand, at first, that every space counted for one count and even punctuation. Then on her first effort: lines 4,6,7,9, 10 each one apace too much, I realize. And about the second she said: line 6 has a space and counts one too many.

REFRACTIONS – poetry by Robert Roxby

“WARM BREAD” describes a true moment in the poet’s love life. The poem also appears in his collection Reflections on a Lifetime.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – poetry by Kathleen Roxby

“ONLY PETTY THEFT,” describes an incident which happened to the author while a student in college. The amount stolen was equal to her enrollment fee for the coming semester, forty dollars (tuition for the institution at the time was subsidized by the State of California). Her purse was eventually found, minus the tuition. Backstory: this was not the first time her purse/money had gone missing. She had a long history going back to elementary school, a fact which added to her distress at having to admit to once more losing the money her parents had provided.