Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“JACK O’LANTERN NIGHT” was published in The American Bard in 1969 and later The Pen Woman. This selection was composed in the month of October near Halloween, hence the title. The author wrote this at a time of emotional upheaval due to the hormonal changes of menopause, and when she was realizing what she missed when the Depression of the 1930s kept her from attending college.

REFRACTIONS

“HALLOWEEN CHASE” by Robert Roxby describes a real occurrence in 1927 when he was 13 years old. Though he mentions a “friend”, he may well have been talking about one of his many brothers. He often used “friend” to make a poem seem less like a family story. This poem was included in his anthology, “Reflections on a Lifetime.”

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“SMOLDERING FLAME” appears in the series the author began and later titled “A Singular Prism”. The writer searched for something positive she could say about a color which for her holds no allure and this is the result.