Best Poems Written by Tom Rutherford

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Ocean Mystery

Azure skies
Alabaster sands
Emerald seas
Scent of comfort
From my earliest days

Surf sounds
To ease worldly pains
Ocean fragrance
Soothes and calms
Beach therapy for the soul

The sea
And my soul 
Intertwined from birth
Drawn to shores
Like moth to flame

Rhythmic waves
On sandy edge
Like the heartbeat 
Of a mother
Calms a child  


TLR 8-6-17

Copyright © Tom Rutherford | Year Posted 2017


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Yearning So

My lips
Taste the salt
Of passion’s heat
The nectar of our love
Fresh on my tongue
Our bodies yearning
Always yearning,
Never satisfied, 
We crave each other
As a deep addiction
Of two linked souls





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2-11-18

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Heart's Wings

Why chance
to open one’s heart
at the risk of loss
of invested feelings?

Guarded hearts 
do not get wounded
but neither do they soar
like eagles on the wind

To risk is to gain
or sometime lose
but less loss than 
never having wings



TLR 7-30-17

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Comfort

Your love
Like a warm winter blanket
Envelopes me 
And takes all cares away

Your touch
Flows through my body
Like morphine
Easing my stress and pain

Your spirit 
Lifting me up and away
Reminding me
That worldly thing matter not

Your love
Source of my comfort
Heals me
And feeds my soul




TLR 1-19-19

Copyright © Tom Rutherford | Year Posted 2019

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My Missing Piece

Now that we have had the miracle 
Of finding each other on this incredible journey
Having seen how our embraces 
Flow and fit as if part of a master plan
We are one, complete and whole

To release our hold even for a moment 
To go out in the world alone
Contrasts with our intimate bond
Feeling as though a part of me is missing
A void that hungers to be filled only by you

We are far better together 
Greater than the sum of just two
Love’s overwhelming wonder and power 
Empower us to overcome worldly troubles
And find strength that neither of us had alone

You are my missing piece
The one that fills the emptiness in me, 
An emptiness so great of that I could not measure
Until it was filled by your grace and love
You and you alone make me whole 



TLR 10-23-17

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Nana

Pure joy,
Two generations down
Sweet child
Blessings abound

Innocent smile 
Laughs, giggles 
Abundant energy 
And many wiggles

Daughter of my daughter,
Same beautiful eyes.
Gift from heaven 
A wondrous prize

Every day a new wonder
Too fast do you grow
I dare not blink
grown before you know


TLR 8-6-17

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One Kiss

How can you say so much with one kiss? 
It's as if you can express your thoughts as we touch so closely with our lips. 
Tongues touch, sweet nibbles abound, a whole story told without words. 
Tenderness beyond description, 
time seems to slow to a stop, 
only the rhythm of our breathing marks its passage

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My Heart, My Soul

My Heart, My Soul

You rescued me 
Adrift with no center, 
No anchor for my heart
No shelter for my soul

You embrace me
Love’s warm blanket 
So caressing my heart 
So caressing my soul

You encourage me
As lover, partner, friend
So uplifting my heart 
So uplifting my soul

You love me
Like no other has
So much love in my heart 
So much love in my soul

You are truly My heart, My soul



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For my Love Marianne 
Budapest April 19, 2019

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Our Love Song

Our Love Song

As the moon and the sun
Dance around the skies
Our love and fates
Are forever intwined
My love for you
Will last until the heavens
Are nor more. 




Happy anniversary my Love!
To CG, my missing half found!

Tom R 

8-21-20

Copyright © Tom Rutherford | Year Posted 2020

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Sweet Cinnamon

Sweet Cinnamon 

Sweet smiles 
Sweet whispers
Falling into each other’s arms
We enter our private world 
Far from pain and harm

Warm hearts
Warm touch
We tightly cling to each other
Our intimate embrace
Like armor does cover

Our love
Our passion
Unite us in ways we never imagined
Like lovers from another life
Reunited in this place and time 

Hearts yearn
Hearts ache
Every moment that we’re apart
Our connection so strong
We can’t deny its power 

Such comfort 
Such ease
It’s like we’ve known each other
For years and years
And look forward to many more 




To my Cinnamon Girl
TLR  1-26-2018

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