Forehead Kisses

forehead kisses

 

 

 

forehead kisses

have vastly become

a lost art

 

like a hand

firmly placed

to the small

of a woman’s back

 

like the syllables

of your name

lying in wait

upon my tongue.

 

 

 

Reviews

[Relic]

I've kissed women on the forehead in the past. Mainly because they were short. lol
Nice one, Kelly. :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Lol, small in stature, big at heart! Thanks, Tim!

[Vol]

That's the thing about us Romantics, we know what it means to have a slow hand, and an easy touch...

[Kelly Scheppers]

...yes, indeed! Thank you dear Vol!

[Vol]

Kelly, Beautiful!
I first noticed the desperate need for shallow living in my students back in the nineties. A good example was this Senior who wanted to be a guitar player. He was always going on about how the guitarists of the sixties didn't use many chords, and they tended to strum rather than pick, and how he was so much faster. I tried to explain that speed was not the goal, touching the insides of the people who listened was what mattered. I played a couple of songs for him so he could see what passion felt like... "Nights in White Satin," "A Whiter Shade of Pale," and "Classical Gas." I said, "Go home and find out all you can about Michael Bloomfield and Super Session. He just couldn't get it... I gave up when even Cream's "Toad" couldn't break through. The lack of depth and rich thinking all throughout the last forty years tells me that Douglas Adams was right, if the Earth were destroyed, we wouldn't be missed.
Vol

[Betty Hermelee]

Hi Kelly, just loved the way you created this piece....so delicious and soft and warming....and the ending so sensual...it lasts to me like a long guitar strum.... very subtle and sexy!
Warmly, B

[Kelly Scheppers]

Girl, I love the way you give a compliment..."lasting like a long guitar strum!" Thank you sooo much!

[Betty Hermelee]

You are very welcome!!!
Warmly, B

[RomaJ]

Kelly, your poem is such a delicate and intimate exploration of touch and memory. From the first line, immediately evokes tenderness, and from there you layer it with sensuality..the hand at the small of the back, the waiting syllables of a name..so subtle yet so alive. It pulses with desire and closeness.
Roma

[Kelly Scheppers]

I am thrilled to have your presence here, Roma. Thank you for the warmth and kindness they bring!

[Jansy]

Kelly, I love the way this poem elevates the small, intimate gestures we often overlook. “Forehead kisses… a lost art” feels like a gentle lament, and the comparison to a name lying on the tongue makes the tenderness tactile and alive. It’s brief but lingers, like the memory of a touch you can’t quite forget.
James☆

[Kelly Scheppers]

How lovely a compliment! Thank you most kindly, James!

[Michael Sun Bear]

Almost everyone commented on the forehead kisses; I’m thinking hard about the hand at the small of the back. Age has robbed me of the opportunities, I don’t even have grandchildren or nieces to kiss on the forehead. Alas, the syllables of no one’s name lie upon my tongue. I like your poem a lot, like the emotions conveyed with a very minimal count of words. Nice sad writing Kelly.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Have faith, my friend. The opportunity of a forehead kiss may come to you unexpectedly one day! Never say never!

[red93]

Yes a lost art indeed Kels. One of my Ex-s I kiss on the lips. The 'Blonde Angel' gets a peck on the cheek. The 'Blonde Angel' is more into long lingering hugs. Sending big warm hugs to you in Sunny San Diego 😁✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Kelly Scheppers]

I adore long hugs, and I'm never the first to pull away! Thanks, Tony!

[red93]

✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[jacob erin-cilberto]

forehead nad cheek kisses...rather cheeky in a good way...and on the forehead foreplay.
mmmm, did I just say that?

[Kelly Scheppers]

Lol, there's logic in there somewhere...I just know there is! Thanks, J!

[Davidgeo]

Dudes would get laid more if they read your poetry.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Hmmm, really? Thank you for your confidence. Much appreciate your candor!

[Chris Shaw]

There is something rather seductive, tantalizing even, about a forehead kiss. Speaks to me about opportunity:). Love your brevity here Kelly.

Chris

[Kelly Scheppers]

I think so too, Chris. That was my inspiration in writing this! Thank you!