SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Readers who write in response to one of the prompts listed each month in “Splintered Glass”, may see their work presented here. Will your writing appear here?
Kathleen Roxby is a prize-winning poet whose work has been published in anthologies, poetry magazines and three self-published chapbooks, Chameleon Woman, Tangent/Allusion, and Paper Doll. She has been a poetry judge, facilitator for two poetry groups, a sometime editor of both a poetry magazine, chapbooks for her mother and two anthologies, one for her father. She has also worked in prose with work published on a website dedicated to writing. Her favorite poets are Poe, Issa and Li Po Chu’i, with a special place for Benet’s John Brown’s Body.
Kathleen had several jobs: library catalog clerk at CSULB, junior high school teacher in LBUSD, a brief stint as a lab secretary for a private hospital, engineering secretary and computer system administrator with related work in developing and managing documentation for two manufacturing companies. Kathleen’s other interests include theater, dancing, painting and reading. She is a native of Long Beach, California but currently resides in Santa Barbara with her dog Opal.
Readers who write in response to one of the prompts listed each month in “Splintered Glass”, may see their work presented here. Will your writing appear here?
I am old and no longer care to be overly circumspect…
…Words going extinct…victims of progress and history…what are they and and should they be lost?
Learn the circumstances and inspirations for and published credits for this month’s featured writing.GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby
“TWO SMALL POEMS” is included week for the United Nations International Day of Peace, September 21. The two poems were found among the author’s papers.
REFRACTIONS –a poem by Robert Roxby
“CANYON VISTA” is included this week for National Public Lands Day, September 24. The author wrote this following a road trip with his wife and mother-in-law through the US parklands of the southwestern states. It first appeared in the author’s anthology, Reflections on a Lifetime.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby
“OLD WOMAN’S SOLILOQUY” is included this week for the National Aging Awareness Day, September 18. The poem first appeared in 2000 as part of the author’s chapbook, Paper Doll. The author wrote this after spending days and hours at the rest home where her 91 year old grandmother resided.
Readers who write in response to one of the prompts listed each month in “Splintered Glass”, may see their work presented here. Will your writing appear here?
A wide range of ideas to spark your writing energies for this month.
The author shares her observances from visiting her grandmother in a convalescent facility for the aged.
Learn the circumstances and inspirations for and published credits for this month’s featured writing.GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby
“TWO SMALL POEMS” is included week for the United Nations International Day of Peace, September 21. The two poems were found among the author’s papers.
REFRACTIONS –a poem by Robert Roxby
“CANYON VISTA” is included this week for National Public Lands Day, September 24. The author wrote this following a road trip with his wife and mother-in-law through the US parklands of the southwestern states. It first appeared in the author’s anthology, Reflections on a Lifetime.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby
“OLD WOMAN’S SOLILOQUY” is included this week for the National Aging Awareness Day, September 18. The poem first appeared in 2000 as part of the author’s chapbook, Paper Doll. The author wrote this after spending days and hours at the rest home where her 91 year old grandmother resided.
Readers who write in response to one of the prompts listed each month in “Splintered Glass”, may see their work presented here. Will your writing appear here?
A wide range of ideas to spark your writing energies for this month.