AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“THE FRAGILE WORD,” is a fragment found among the author’s papers. These few words came with it and are perhaps the author’s attempt to describe the nature of being a poet:

“I became a fisher of moonbeams.”

REFRACTIONS—the poetry by Robert Roxby

“POETS.” Poetry was something the author and his wife shared early on. As a young man, he had great apprecation for Walt Whitman which he shared with his then girlfriend (future wife), and later gifted her with a collection of poetry, Poets Gold, which was one of her favorites through her life. This particular poem was found in the Robert’s journal.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—works by Kathleen Roxby

“WE WISH YOU A POETS’ CHRISTMAS” is a little rewording of the famous “We Wish You a Merry Christmas, which the poet prepared for her local poet group and which she shared with them at the December reading.