AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry of Margaret Roxby

“THE HOSTILE PLANET” is included this month for United Nations World Habitat Day, October 2. The poem was found among the author’s unfinished writings, but expresses her often spoken opinion that we live on a hostile planet.

REFRACTIONS—the poetry of Robert Roxby

“GETTING OLD” is included this week in honor of October 1, UN International  Day of Older Persons. The poem was found in the author’s poetry journal.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“THE SOFTNESS OF ANGER” is included this week in honor of October 3, National Boyfriend’s Day. The author wrote this poem about a moment when a young man, hopeful suitor, harangued her for putting herself in danger of getting injured. Never before had she felt unthreatened when anger was directed at her, thus this poem. The poem appears in Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 4.