AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“PAGEANT OF GOLD,” which was inspired by the play, Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer, won third place in the annual poetry contest sponsored by the Pan-American Festival in Lakewood, California. The author attended a performance of the play at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. She also purchased a copy of the play through a subscription service which offered all new Broadway plays each year. It is included this week for the Autumn Solstice.

REFRACTIONS – a memory of Kathleen Roxby

“MY MOTHER’S PIANO” was inspired when the author’s brother exchanged their mother’s piano, long worn out, for a new and better version, a console rather than spinet. The author had once longed to inherit her mother’s piano, but as her brother was the greater talent in the family, she left it for him and bought her own.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“MOONS WE DO NOT KNOW” was inspired by a writing prompt from a poetry group which provided the quoted excerpt from “Naming of the Heartbeats,”a poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Kathleen, always fascinated by space, was caught by the thought of moon shadows from moon other than the one which trails so near Earth. Note: The Chinese Moon Festival occurs this week.