by Jennifer Radford
Encaustic medium, encaustic paint, silver ink, and found images on cradled birch panel
8″ x 10″

Poem:
Unworthy (by Gemma Margerison)

Oh the wistful naive magic of a golden heart
Weep, weep forever but move not and fail
Line up your dreams but call them not into battle
Instead pace, burn, and never advance
Torch another heart like yours
Send them to share your fate
Of frustrated circles and helpless wanderings
Watch time swim lengths of the sky and
Try to decide where it went,
And how you squandered it,
And what it meant.