The Kiss

The words seem to describe the picture so well. I can't think of a better poem to share with a picture.

Thank you.  I wish more people here would try ekphrasis

This is a sweet longing. Nicely portrayed

Thank you.  But you should know that when I ask for one criticism, as I have done< I want analysis of what makes it sweet (if indeed it is). Can you say?  Doing so helps me know what I should do to write effective poetry.

When you wrote he kissed her on the cheek, and then she was pliant in reciprocating the kiss. I thought it showed how sweet and tender the moment

Did I say that she reciprocated  (respondeded to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one)   the man's kiss?

You did not say, I took as implied when you wrote, "and how she,
pliant then, eyes closed in bliss,"

I'm sorry, but criticism involves noting how and why a piece's wording and meter and its use (or misuse) of literary devices do or do not work to bring a reader inside an experience. Telling me why the actions noted in the piece showed a sweet moment is not really an analysis of the poem's workings.

But thanks for your thoughts.