AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN – poetry by Margaret Roxby

“MACCHU PICHU,” the place and people, fascinated the author.* She wrote this week’s poem in response to a challenge to use form as opposed to free verse and also for the local Pan American Festival yearly poetry competition. The following are her notes about the form she used. Pattern: rhymed (ababb) cinquain following Shelley’s “To a Skylark.” 4 lines, 3 poetic feet each; 1 line, 6 poetic feet (last two lines were one in original version).

*See also https://www.singularprism.com/2023/09/25/pageant-of-gold/

REFRACTIONS – a poem by Robert Roxby

“THE MOCHE HUMBLED” was a submission to the local Pan American Festival poetry contest. The poem appears in the author’s collection Reflections on a Lifetime.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – poetry by Kathleen Roxby

“ISSA IN THREE SHORT POEMS,” is the author’s attempt to capture how reading the poetry of Issa impacted her life at a vulnerable time.