AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“TRAVELERS REQUEST,” is a title not supplied by the author. This selection was found among the author’s loose papers without title. It may reflect her memories from the 1930s Depression when many out of work people walked from place to place seeking work and shelter. Then, too, during her lifetime in West Virginia many European refugees arrived fleeing the poverty and armed conflicts there. It is included this week for June 20, UN World Refugee Day.

REFRACTIONS—a poem by Robert Roxby

“DUST BOWL REFUGEE” is included this week for June 20, UN World Refugee Day. was first published in the author’s collection, “Reflections on a Lifetime.” The author, like his wife, met many a refugee fleeing the circumstances in Europe leading to WW2. His own father’s family had fled the failing coal mines in England to seek employment in the richer coal fields found in the United States.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“BLUES LYRIC” is the result of a challenge the author received while attending a song writing class. The never fully developed this lyric, but it is included this week for June 21 Make Music Day.