AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“A DREAM REMEMBERED.” The piece appears for Inspire Your Heart with Art Day, January 31. The author often expressed such opinions. She was fascinated by Spanish rhythms, likely primarily from the films of the 1930s and from radio. It is possible that the flood of European immigrants before and after WWI lifetime may have brought Spanish and Portuguese to her area of West Virginia. Also, her daughter remembers Margaret speaking of her grandfather and father playing the mandolin at home. The music they played may or may not have been Spanish.

KALEIDOSCOPE—from a series by Kathleen Roxby on the English language

“WIFE, MOTHER, LOVER, NURSE.” The author, now in old age, once-again tells of his love for his wife.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“TAKE US” is included this week as a nod to January 31, Inspire Your Heart With Art, the art in this case being poetry.