AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN – poetry by Margaret Roxby

“BARRIER BROKEN.” The title of this poem is defaulted from its subject as the author never officially gave it a title. She found all such scientific advances fascinating and wished it were possible for her to be part of space exploration. She envied her younger brother, a general in the USAF, his hours in the air. The poem is included this week for National Airborne Day, August 16.

REFRACTIONS – poetry by Robert Roxby

“MOTHER NATURE’S STAGE” describes one morning on a family trip in 1964 through the Columbia River Gorge, east of Portland, Oregon. The poem, found among the author’s papers, received its final edit for this release. It is included as a fitting, natural rather than man-made, event to pair with the poem by Margaret Roxby.

 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – poetry by Kathleen Roxby

“THE POET SPOKE, (For Enid),” was inspired by Enid Osborne (California poet) reading one of her poems at a gathering of poets in Ventura, California. A copy of “The Poet Spoke” was later presented to Enid.