AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN – poetry by Margaret Roxby

“A POET’S PRAYER” was found among the poet’s papers. It is included this first week for April named National Poetry Month.

REFRACTIONS – poetry by Robert Roxby

“A POET” was written by the author late in his life when his wife invited him to accompany her to a meeting of her fellow poets. He had never considered himself a poet. This poem is included in his collection Reflections on a Lifetime.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – poetry by Kathleen Roxby

“A PEN TO DANCE,” was written while the author was attending poetry workshops at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference one summer. The original title, “When the Pen Won’t Dance,” expressed the poet’s feeling on the day. However, for this release, the poem is renamed.