AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN – poetry by Margaret Roxby

“IN A WORLD APART,” found among the author’s papers, bore the title of “Unfinished” as the poet had not completed the final edit. In it the poet, once again, touches on one of her favorite topics: gypsies. The poem is included this week for Kiss and Makeup Day, August 25.

REFRACTIONS – poetry by Robert Roxby

In “OUR POND,” the author takes us back to his youth among the hills where he lived with his father who worked in the coal mines of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This poem appears in his collection Reflections on a Lifetime. It is included this week for National Just Because Day, August 27.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – poetry by Kathleen Roxby

“CITY BY THE SEA” is included this week for August 30, National Beach Day.