Rhythm and Blues and a few Country Western Haikus: A Reminder Not To Buy The Lies Of Our Life

Rhythm and Blues and a few Country Western Haikus: A Reminder Not To Buy The Lies Of Our Life

Wash Over Me

I'd like to be loved

like the jazz 

playing 
on my radio

sweet and low

A soothing melody
played by a sensuous
tenor saxophone
caressing sweet
piano tones

Becoming a waterfall 
of fluid notes
High   Low
Lingering 
Languishing

I want to take
my clothes off
and lay in the 

sweet sweet river

of music
Letting it 

make love to me
pattra burnetto monroe  revised april 2012

Germination

lying dormant in the garden
are the seeds that have been sown

winter hides the flowers
deep within the ground

cloistered within the depression
lying dormant in the earth

are disembodied dreams
protected in a state of silence

numb and warm
are seeds awaiting germination

like the silent sleeping beauty
awakened by the prince

my loves awaken me
with patient little prods

beckoning me to surface

come sing to us they call

come fix me something to eat
laughter, rain, and sorrow

each calling for attention
each seed seeking its perfection

no matter what state
dormant or awakened

or lying buried in the ground
appearances can be deceiving

and love can still be found


pattra burnetto monroe

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 

The Daisy

Once you knew my name

It sat on the tip of your tongue

And when you licked it off

It fell to the ground

And became

A flower

And once again you could

Call me by name.

Lily, I love you.

Rosie, Be mine.

Petunia Divine,

Lay down beside me

My beautiful flower

Lay down beside me

And I will lie beside

You and offer promises

I can not keep

Yet desire

pattra burnetto monroe

2011