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I Recall Your Face

I've started being able to recall your face Which isn't always the case with me. I've been known to fail to recognise Someone I've chatted to for hours! But my fingers feel again the texture of your skin Your eyes startle me with sudden blueness And the straight-lined mouth unfolds To make me also smile. Your head inclines; does it really Mean that I have touched you?

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Line Gauthier

Date: 11/4/2022 10:10:00 AM

Charming poem, Elizabeth ~

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 11/4/2022 2:11:00 PM

Great of you to comment, Line. I do appreciate! Elizabeth

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 11/4/2022 4:48:00 AM

Oh Elizabeth you touch my very soul with this one :(

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 11/4/2022 2:10:00 PM

Thank you again, Mystic. I'm fond of this one myself. Elizabeth

Gerald Dillenbeck

Date: 11/3/2022 7:49:00 AM

I too am struck by interplay of touch, feeling, cognition, and recognition. I think Jung said "all cognition is akin to recognition" which doesn't feel that far off from all verbal thoughts follow recognizing feelings, at least in my mind and body. And thanks for your "heart-breaking" therapeutic comment on Superior Judge.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/29/2022 8:28:00 PM

Like your thoughts on cognition and recognition, Ma'am! :) gw

Gerald Dillenbeck

Date: 10/29/2022 8:26:00 AM

You have touched me feeling you. With gratitude

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 10/29/2022 3:01:00 PM

That is so sweet, Gerald. Thank you! Elizabeth

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 10/28/2022 9:59:00 PM

I enjoyed reading this lovely poem, about a face you couldn't forget, Elizabeth. Thank you for sharing, Evelyn :)

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 10/29/2022 3:00:00 PM

Writing is such a pleasure and then you come and put the cherry on top! Thanks always, Evelyn. Elizabeth

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 10/28/2022 12:28:00 PM

Oh how gently soft and sensuous this is Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 10/28/2022 2:14:00 PM

Thanks, Linda. That's how I felt about it, too. I was worried that it was too slight to send, but glad I did when I see your response. Elizabeth

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/28/2022 11:07:00 AM

Enjoyed (I wish I could remember faces as easily as I remember breasts)! Aloha!

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 10/28/2022 2:18:00 PM

I guess it depends on what exactly you were looking at! and what reaction you were expecting! Elizabeth

Sotto Poet

Date: 10/28/2022 9:55:00 AM

Elizabeth, you have constructed a stanza that is both intriguing and meaningful. Despite how odd it may sound, there are times when we run across people whose features are recognizable but we're unable to remember their actual names.

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 10/28/2022 2:21:00 PM

As I've got older, this has become more of a problem. Fortunately, my next door neighbor has red curly hair and a beagle so no mistakes there! Elizabeth

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 10/28/2022 12:55:00 AM

Strange but occasionally we meet some familiar faces but do not recall their name.

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 10/28/2022 2:26:00 PM

Hmm. My worst was a push on my shoulder from behind at JFK as I flew in from Australia. I couldn't imagine who would do that- It was my sister who I only recognized when she spoke! Elizabeth