AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“TOO MANY WINDS HAVE BLOWN,” was written at a time when the author’s health was failing, her energy waning. In 1990 the poem appeared in her self-published chapbook, Glass Rain, Golden Rain. It is included this week for June 15, Global Wind Day.

REFRACTIONS—a poem by Robert Roxby

“MIRACLE OF CHILDHOOD” is included this week for June 9, World’s Father’s Day. It was first published in the author’s collection, “Reflections on a Lifetime.”

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“HILLS IN THE DESERT” is included this week for June 15 Global Wind Day. From childhood the author was fascinated by the wind. Though she grew up in a beach town, her father often took the family on visits to the deserts of the SW states of her country where she learned of the history of their recent and ancient residents.