Zig Zag man -

"Old Crooked Fence"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there was a crooked man
and he walked a crooked mile ..."
- trad. English Nursery Rhyme

Somewhere in time -

"Miss Kaye"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... born too early, born too late?
an abode too far, far away?
found at last a face from the past,
love lost, finding naught but the ache ..."

Illustration Friday: Wrapped -

"Wrapped"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... old roses, heads still high,
wrapped in sunbeams
of an afternoon sky ..."

Illustration Friday: Drifting -

"Drifting"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a cool spring, drifting into summer,
past commotion and desire,
excitement and passion,
triggers a melancholy
born of flight from the nest.
Sifting through
down and feather
and old clothes,
rediscovering
freedom ..."

Illustration Friday: Poem -

"Empty"
$50 unframed - LUCAS GALLERY
digital collage & poem by Mick Mather

It's not that I'm lacking in something new for this week's Illustration Friday theme - which is poem since they brought it up - closer at, it's the fact that I personally like this piece so much that I prefer to post it again. Not to worry, it's not like a TV re-run where, as often as not, the repeats begin with a show you saw less than a month before. No, the last time this piece was posted was sometime in 2005 and, to be fair, it was posted at my old blog host as opposed to this one. Anyway (talk about repeats!) I just plain ol' like this one...here 'tis!