rutherford : Writing

LOST CITY

LOST CITY

A Poem by rutherford


To the untrained eye it was nothing But when I heard they found the lost city covered in the sands of the high desert I thought of the last inha..
HOME TOWN

HOME TOWN

A Poem by rutherford


No one is left in my home townMy people are gone. But my memories are there right where I left themresiding in streets, schools, and fields.I could re..
WORKING WITH THE ELEMENTS

WORKING WITH THE ELEMENTS

A Poem by rutherford


Night and awake in bedI hear voices outsideVoices of 14 years-oldsThe same voices that belonged to me thirty years agoThe time when you never feel so ..
FAIR WEATHER FRIEND

FAIR WEATHER FRIEND

A Poem by rutherford


Winter arrives as deathbut when winter departs does it die?That patch of snow the last onethe scab left over from winter’s fightArriving at nigh..
SHADOWS OF THE ROAD

SHADOWS OF THE ROAD

A Poem by rutherford


Longleaf pines conspire to strike the road with slatted shadows An off kilter picket fencepointing to the setting sun.
AFTER THE EPIC ENDS

AFTER THE EPIC ENDS

A Poem by rutherford


What happens the day afterOdysseus returns homeTen years of warTen years of odysseyDid he wake up make coffeelook at Penelope and askWhat now?
DREAM THEME DUO

DREAM THEME DUO

A Poem by rutherford


Theme 1: Dream DeliveryHe worked at the dream storemaking deliveriesIf you’re expecting a deliverydon’t ever give a Post Office Box.Theme ..
IT WAS FUN FOR A WHILE

IT WAS FUN FOR A WHILE

A Poem by rutherford


You wake up
to the dreamy sunlit sky
frothed with cumulus clouds
riding the winds
but behind the 
controls of an airplan..
LAWYER POEM

LAWYER POEM

A Poem by rutherford


Lawyers 
will always
use their
 favorite phraseto dispense wise counsel
even when 
you ask
if you should drive ..
QUICKLY FORGOTTEN PLEASURES OF GEOGRAPHY

QUICKLY FORGOTTEN PLEASURES OF GEOGRAPHY

A Poem by rutherford


You're left 
with one sweaty hand
grasping one
dry root
protrudingfrom the crazy cliff
but you take no comfort 
th..