Three Friends and a Camera

Poems About Faces
Poems by Jillian Stevens
Photographs by Paul Stetzer

Like a well-worn sweater<br />
adjusting to the physique,<br />
<br />
muscles contract, and<br />
morph<br />
into expressions of pleasantry—<br />
<br />
a much needed respite from<br />
any habitual mouth posture.<br />
<br />
<br />
We’ve another chance again,<br />
<br />
to place a hand<br />
on nostalgia’s familiar shoulder.<br />
<br />
No-one promised us this,<br />
and so,<br />
there is no room<br />
for any expression other.

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Like a well-worn sweater
adjusting to the physique,

muscles contract, and
morph
into expressions of pleasantry—

a much needed respite from
any habitual mouth posture.

We’ve another chance again,

to place a hand
on nostalgia’s familiar shoulder.

No-one promised us this,
and so,
there is no room
for any expression other.

Burmese family Friends 2021 lovely young women DSF6440

$Made from the sea,<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A gentle face,<br /> created in care;<br /> <br /> Portraits on mother,<br /> chiseled <br /> into<br /> the very definition of delicacy.<br /> <br /> The clam, so<br /> rough,<br /> and rigid,<br /> bears pure nectar,<br /> \<br /> Raw artistry.$

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