Return to the Garden

The Ocean Plays
drums
The Beating
of my
Heart

The Sun Dries
Wood
and Hide
Tightening
Sinew

Strengthening
The Sound
Feeling the
Beat

The People Dance
Naked
And at
Peace

by Pattra B. Monroe
1 June 2007

Country Western Haiku # 14

Lost & Profound

Sometimes
Love
is
more
than a
four letter
word

Options

Just in case you feel

responsible
act on that
respond with passion
a bit of ecstasy

wear the responsibility

JOYFULLY

Just in case
of fine weather
go

NAKEDLY

pbm 1980

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."

~ Rabindranath Tagore

The Visitors

The joy
you brought to me
still lingers

I'm dancing
in the
afterglow

Laughter illuminates me

Look
I've become
a wood nymph
a sea sprite

a dandelion
in a child's
breath

pbm 1991

country western haiku # 101

Prophecy 

I'm taking my shoes with me so no one can fill them 

while I'm gone 

 pbm

Celebrate the day and the potential for change!

Inanimate

What do I do
with the passion
I feel for you

I do the dishes
hot soapy water
rushes
washes
over my hands

as I listen to blues
on the radio
these hands
that want
to touch you

baptizing you
in sea foam
and sand

Yet, I mustn't
touch you
this we
understand

still,
what do I do
with the passion
I feel for you

Pattra Burnetto Monroe 1996

the path of experience

adversity hones us
sharpens like a knife
cutting edge
opens the heart

dedicated to Alice Walker with gratitude
Pattra Burnetto Monroe 1 Nov 2008