AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“UNICORNS ALL” is included this week for International Fairy Day. The poem describes the appearance of her daughter (as a unicorn) in a production of Sleeping Beauty at the local college.

REFRACTIONS— a memoir poem by Kathleen Roxby

“IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE” appears this week for Father’s Day. The home described is based on stories told to the author by her mother about her childhood home. Recent research reveals that in the 1950’s her father’s nephew moved to California town to which Margaret’s had relocated in the early 1940’s. It is entirely likely that the man she saw on the bus was the cousin she either never knew or did not expect in California. He died not long after from health problems due to his service in WW2, and is buried in the LA military cemetery.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“FLASH DANCER” is included this week for Pink Day, June 23. It is one of the a series of poems the author wrote for her collection “A Singular Prism.”