AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“POEM FOR MOTHERS” is included for Mother’s Day. The poem was found among the author’s scribbles and had no title. She may have written this about herself, her own mother or others she knew.

REFRACTIONS—a poem by Robert Roxby

“THAT BEE” once again presents the author’s fascination with nature. The poem first appeared in his anthology, Reflections of a Lifetime, 2000.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“LIMESTONE” was inspired by a visit to London, England where she saw the limestone walls of Westminster peeling and dropping onto the sidewalk. The city had just established scaffolding to allow the walls to be washed clean and coal was no longer the primary source of heat in the city suggesting that the limestone would not soon return to this state.