AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“POE.” This poet was a favorite of the author’s to the point where she read some of his poetry to her young daughter of elementary school age. This scrap was found among the loose papers on her desk after her death. Work, apparently, was still in progress—not unlike Poe himself.

KALEIDOSCOPE—from a series by Kathleen Roxby on the English language

“CHERUS.” We bring you this desperate word search the same week National Word Nerd occurs. The emotion expressed in the poem are most likely about his wife. The two were very close, especially meeting in their late twenties and then losing the first baby as a shock right at birth.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“THE WRITER” is also included this week as a nod to National Word Nerd, January 2. The author did experience something very like this moment described. When asked about it, she replied, “People think a writer’s life is easy. They don’t know.”