Mando-inspired Haiku

[mandopete]

Hands got real cold,
Put them in the microwave.
One "Hot Picker" now!

[fatt-dad]

Fatt-dad tries haiku
Should I eat or mandolin
Maybe I'll do both.

[Peter Hackman]

This game is not fair;
as a foreigner I am
at disadvantage

Let music do the
talking! I'd much rather write
seventeen bar blues

[Ted Eschliman]

Rigel posts "Jethrine..."
Can one ever have enough?
(Mandolins, I mean.)

[Scott Tichenor]

Post-Mandofest blues
No Marshall, Reischman, Pinkham
Just me on the porch

Spam mail just scared me
"Make money playing bingo!"
Mis-read as "banjo"

[mad dawg]

Cure for MAS:
Marry a non-musician
(I am living proof http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif)

[Blind_Cowboy]

You can not pull my strings
Said in a harsh tone
I do not love you

[lpenning]

Upstrokes and downstrokes
Adirondack's heartwood sings
Carved with loving skill

Larry Pennington

[Django Fret]

Mandolin masters!
Apollon, Burns, Monroe, Moore...
steps worth following.

[Billy Mack]

My mandolin broke;
I sent it to get repaired.
I wish I had spare!

[fatt-dad]

(Taken from Blind Cowboy)

Give me a B Flat.
Ah, just give me a B i'll
flatten it myself

(only one edit required)

f-d

[Joe F]

Dear, for my birthday,
Loar on Elderly's cover!
Really! #Stop laughing!


We can sell the house,
Use the funds to buy the Loar,
then live in my car.

[mandopete]

It's nice to see that
This Haiku thread never dies
Just morphs and moves on

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

[mad dawg]

Farewell to Whisky...
Welcome Whisky Back Again!
(Humours of Whisky?)

[mad dawg]

Whisky Set, v. 2

Farewell to Whisky...
Welcome Whisky Back Again!
Whisky for Breakfast?!?

[Ted Eschliman]

Elderly's site cart:
Item: Loar. Quantity? Two???
Paypal? I'm dreaming...

[fatt-dad]

It's no violin
There's frets and lots of strings, though
Plenty fun to play.

[mandopete]

Mad Dawg, been drinkin' ?
You've got whiskey on the brain!
Are you buzzin' yet?

[mandopete]

Mandohack, got cash?
Take out a second mortgage.
Buy a tank of gas!

[Landgrass]

On The Road Again...
Risen just like the Phoenix,
Roll on Pick Tour Bus!!

[mad dawg]

"Whisky on the brain?"
Didn't Stuart Smalley say,
"That's drinking thinking"?

[Billy Mack]

Watch Bluegrass Journey.
It's more than bluegrass music;
"It's a way of life!"

[Daffi]

swing jams on the porch
that's how i remember you
plinkity plunk plick

[Wilson]

A bit off topic, i.e. non-mandolin poems, still, funny anyway. These haiku dittys may have been posted in the previous eleven pages of this thread, but I'm too lazy to go through the whole thing to check. Besides, my feelings about haiku can be expressed as follows:

In five seven five
Though one’s vision is enhanced
Perfectly boring

The following is an email a friend sent me:

__

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. They're used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity.


The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.

--------------------------------------------

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

--------------------------------------------

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

--------------------------------------------

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Pane of Death.
No one hears your screams.

--------------------------------------------

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.


--------------------------------------------
Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

-------------------------------------------

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

--------------------------------------------

A crash reduces
Your electronic device
To a simple stone.

--------------------------------------------

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

--------------------------------------------
You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
The page is not there.

--------------------------------------------

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

--------------------------------------------

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

--------------------------------------------
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Drive. All are blank.
--------------------------------------------

[Ted Eschliman]

Gibson, Microsoft:
Deemed "too big for their britches,"
Prime targets for flame.

[mad dawg]

Keep Haiku coming:
"Post a Pic" and "BRW"
Are outpacing us!

[mandopete]

Mad Dawg and The "Hack"
Always updating Haiku

IT WILL NEVER DIE!

[mandoanon]

I am bored at work.
Reading these stupid haikus
Help me stay awake,

[mandopete]

Birthday is today!
No new mandolin for me #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
Maybe some new strings #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mad dawg]

Happy birthday Pete
Happy birthday to you, Pete
Pete: happy birthday

(It's weak, I know, but the caffiene hasn't kicked in yet.)

[Chip Booth]

New Gibson F5
No longer play my dreadnought
Guitar gently weeps

[mad dawg]

No word for a while
On a once heated debate;
Nickel Creek: Bluegrass?

[fatt-dad]

playing on the beach
Bikini-clad audience
Rusty mandolin

[Django Fret]

Mando obsession.
Far too easy to begin,
much too hard to end...

[Django Fret]

If thinking about
a new BRW...
Please don't get Scott mad.

[OdnamNool]

Cat Tales, Dragonflies
Peaceful pond, Jets blasting off
Juxtaposition

***just another inane post***

[Scott Tichenor]

Like to chat, must run
Mandolins? No time! Why so?
Armstrong. Tour de France

[Joe F]

Four week hiatus.
"Soldier's Joy" sounds really rough,
and my fingers hurt!

[grandmainger]

Pulled off the web, not mine:

(haiku/senryu) #All Over Central Park

wind and rain --
thousands of cherry blossoms
clog the gutter

North Meadow --
the daffodil bed
an automatic home run

too grey!
i hold my pink spun sugar
against the clouds

at the Loch --
we change the waterfall sound
with twigs

by the lake --
a girl with a mandolin
on the bluff

a carousel ride --
my childhood horse
still runs!

the house on the hill --
we play a game of checkers
with chess pieces.

behind the bandshell --
wisteria twines
around the arbour.

Bethesda Fountain --
the angel of waters
knows all my ex-beaux.

bow bridge --
a little boy blows bubbles
at our rowboat.

Strawberry Fields --
standing on Imagine
he gave me a peach.


hortensia anderson
New York City, New York, US

[Django Fret]

One hundred K plus.
Lots of mandolin players
Post pictures of self.

Some just like to read.
Threading it’s way through our lives,
thank you Pete and Scott!

[mad dawg]

Looking for slow jam;
Found a group called "Slow Players"
(Sounds sort of "special" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif )

[davestem]

lost in a barrage
of dreadnought artillery
my mandolin sings http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[mandopete]

(Inspired by last weekend's bluegrass festival)

Ah, the open mic
Up at nine to pick and sing
Whitehorse Mountain rings!

[OdnamNool]

Mandodude Where the.........
Where the heck are ya fella?
Return, with vengeance.

[OdnamNool]

(Oh, and for another friend...)

Stunned, Frozen, Dizzy
Advice? "Things will get better."
Thanks, and I miss you.

[rnjl]

eyes dull, Mac hums
Flatiron seduces me
procrastination

[OdnamNool]

"Eyes dull, Mac hums"
"Mandos unappreciated"
"Red Sox still cursed"

Like B flat chord on
Mandolin Cafe Tee Shirt
There's something wrong here.

(Not that it matters, rnjl... I really love your poetry!

[OdnamNool]

Oops! I mean:

Not that it matters
r n j l, I really
Love your poetry!

[John S]

Look at Elderly
There's a Loar for you to buy
Home equity loan

[OdnamNool]

Argh, I can't stand it!
Review: Haiku: five-sev-five
Try again, John S.

[John S]

Oops I just can't count
Seven syllables I thought
I will fix it now.

[Ted Eschliman]

Fear not those errors.
Others might well catch mistakes.
But you CAN edit!

[mandopete]

Haiku is subtle.....
Not like big heads on small frames.
Photoshop this Scott!

[mad dawg]

This thread slept for weeks;
Now awake with a vengeance,
As if on caffiene

[mandopete]

Editing's a trick,
with all the words you can pick.
....hey, this rhymes a bit!

[mandopete]

(inspired by one of the "Dan" pictures and humming "Moonlight In Vermont...)

Using Photoshop
Loar in hand and horns on top
Deception must stop!

[mad dawg]

Dan B. and J. Lo
Photoshopped into same pic;
Image haunts my soul http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Django Fret]

PhotoShop is tame!
Remember unedited
Pete on the sofa?

[mad dawg]

Correct, Grasshopper:
The sound of running water
Pours forth from her strings

[Scott Tichenor]

Gibson prices up
Oscar Meyer holds prices
Trouble in Texas

[ShaneJ]

Life as we know it -
It may never be the same.
Gibson rules the world.

[fatt-dad]

Driving in my car
Using available lanes
Mandolin in case.

[Django Fret]

Does Gibson pricing
control the mandolin world?
It is up to you...

[Jeffers]

It seems so unfair
that my littlest finger
must stretch the furthest.

[fatt-dad]

Heading to a gig.
I saw your rearview mirror.
'till you cut me off.

[fatt-dad]

(my office window looks out to the main east-coast rail line, Amtrack, Tropicana, etc.)

Train on the track
Blowing the high-lonesome sound
When will I get home?

[Emmiemando]

Fly my fast fingers
Roll quick up the lined neck
The tingle feels like chorus

[G_Smolt]

Praying to Big Mon,
leaning into the first break...
banjo player glares.

[fatt-dad]

Mandolin Haiku
Banjo-bashing poetry
They're just too dang loud!

[Jim M.]

Gibson price increase;
Lacquer or varnish; Pac Rim brands
Why must we suffer?

[Brandolin Tucker12]

Mandolin picker,
Trapped in a bass playing gig,
At least I'll pay bills.

[Brandolin Tucker12]

COL (cry out loud)

[Ted Eschliman]

Line of Equity,
Vile temptress, lured deeper debt.
Cherished mando, adieu...

[mandopete]

lower taxes run
angrily, crying, sharing
mudslinging, wishing

[jlb]

Internet sales gone
Prices high as Icarus' crest
Martin, save us!

[kebmando]

A "G" is a "G"
But an "ibson" is no "ilchrist"
Let sanity prevail!

[fatt-dad]

If there's more then five
And then there's more then seven
Must not be Haiku

[mandopete]

Moonlight in Vermont,
I said Moonlight in Vermont.
That's how to do it!

[fatt-dad]

Not everybody
Can play costly mandolins
Please advise Gibson

[ChrisWallace]

Gibson Mandolins
Were once played by Bill Monroe?
He must have been rich

[mad dawg]

Had Bill not played one,
Could I afford a Gibson?
(But would I want one?)

[Joe F]

"Gibson is the best!"
"Gibson's prices are unfair!"
Debate rages on.

[Jim M.]

If there's more then five
And then there's more then seven
Must not be Haiku

Haiku is Japanese
Don't pick on the syllable count
Close form suffices

Japanese love bluegrass
The French love Jerry Lewis
Who has better taste

[fatt-dad]

If you're driving down the road
And a wheel falls off of your canoe
How many pancakes does it take to shingle the White House Roof?

(Is this a closed form)

[Jeffers]

The "Gibson Price" string
is one I haven't read yet
because it's so long.

[mad dawg]

Japanese love bluegrass
The French love Jerry Lewis
Who has better taste

Japan loves fast food
The French love double-cream Brie
Who has better taste http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[mandopete]

L.O.L !!

[Scott Tichenor]

Four-finger chop chord
Why do you elude poor Dale?
Big yap on Cafe

[craigtoo]

Prices have increased
and people are complaining
Scott can not be pleased

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[craigtoo]

I try to compose
faster than the Gibson thread
it's a race I lose

[Ted Eschliman]

"Four-finger chop chord"
# # Seems lately on a Gibson,
# # Just middle finger...

[craigtoo]

Laughing my butt off
at the "Just Middle Finger"
please pass the popcorn

[duuuude]

Pac Rim gets bagged on
Go and buy American
Gibson gets bagged on

[Scott Tichenor]

Ill south wind sure smells
Looking for new attackee?
Me grows bored. Bye-bye

[craigtoo]

Have sold the kidney
need kids, need girlfriend, need wife
you know anyone?

[jlb]

Hosting a pig roast
Weber, Collings, and Rigel
Assault rifle ban lifted - Gibson shreds his foot with an AK.

[Hondo]

Ryme of the Ancient Mando Picker

Dead bird around neck.
Gibsons, Gibsons, everywhere,
not a one to play

[craigtoo]

Charlie and Big Joe
make and sell fine mandolins
buy, or not, whatever

[siren_20]

Mando Symposium
Dawg picks in students packets
Chris Thile was pissed

[craigtoo]

No way! What Happened?
I don't like Dawg Picks either.
but wouldn't get pissed.

Did I miss the thread?
I may have been distracted
by the Gibson bashing

[siren_20]

During a workshop Thurs.
Thile recommended picks
Some one asked about Dawgs

Thile thinks they're too small
Reason for using tri-Claytons
(now Wegen TF-140)

Same person (maybe)
Mentions one Dawg in each
Registration pack

Response was something like:
"They really gave out Dawg picks?!"
Dumbfounded and shocked

A little extreme?
That's what I was thinking but
Not about to fight!

The guy is opinonated but
Tries to teach consciousness of
Sound coming from mando.

Cooled off, got quiet
Thought for a moment and then
Gave more level-headed response:

Bottom line: "Technique
is key to playing Dawg music,
not a dollar fifty pick."

But it's funny though
Dollar fifty Dawg against
Eight dollar Wegen

Talked to Thile-man
Let me try out his Wegen
Now I understand!

Lots of stories like this
From a very inspiring week
Haiku wrong way to tell it!

[craigtoo]

maybe you should start
a thread to tell us about
the week that you had

or maybe there is
a thread from that great week
post away my friend

a week with Thile
must be a great experience
I try to emulate his tone

[mad dawg]

Long Haiku above
Makes short story a bit long:
Milk flew from my nose!

[siren_20]

I will try to capture
How "frickin' awesome" that week
really was!

(ok, I've hit my haiku saturation point...)

[Scott Tichenor]

Mando Symposium
Dawg picks in students packets
Chris Thile was pissed
Speaking of all of this, I sent 200 Cafe kitchen magnets (gawd bless their little souls) to the Symposium folks as they wanted something from the Cafe added to the student packets. I heard someone say they weren't distributed. Hmmm, maybe the Dawg's fridge is now covered with them?

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[craigtoo]

I'm still a big fan
of the ultem 072s
that I stole from dan

he never did know
that I rumaged through his couch
to find picks to steal

but now that he does
I may be banned from the Cafe
thats ok the picks are great

[danb]

Picks taken from couch
bring misfortune on player
your triplets will fail

[danb]

Mandolin Archive
Many big pictures of Loars
None that you can keep

[danb]

lately the cafe
is rife with angry weenies
someday they will go

[craigtoo]

high expectations
from Cafe's Super Admin
recipies are the answer

[craigtoo]

triplets are still good
no dog to interrupt tunes
arooo arooorooooooooo

no teeth marks
in precious mandolins
no dog, no fish, no plant

[danb]

Why is cadence hard
for some posters to follow
Haiku is easy

[danb]

Recent board topics
make claims to have deep wisdom
pointless sophistry

[danb]

you talk of chicken
message board like chicken coop
cluck cluck silly hens

[craigtoo]

Why is common sense
not so common on price threads
seventeen pages

keep fighting for truth
enjoy your time at Cafe!
It's great to be here.

[craigtoo]

weenies have thin skins
not like texas barbecue
all gristle, no meat

[danb]

Perhaps one should not
sit at computer and post
while drinking whiskey

[danb]

(If that was a rule
instead of 935 posts
I'd have like 13)

[siren_20]

Scott, acutally the magnets were distributed! They're great...best thing on the fridge!

[fatt-dad]

Can someone tell me
What pick did Bill Monroe use
I need improvement

[fatt-dad]

A post overlooked
Looking for information
Focus on Gibson

[davestem]

What a brouhaha!
"Gibson" may quickly be deemed
unmentionable.

[fatt-dad]

Stir fry recipes
Mandolin controversy
Who needs a good book?

[ChrisWallace]

If I bought Mon's Loar
Would it cost more than a house
If he nicked the scroll?

[davestem]

Dale on the warpath--
zut alors, man! Take it easy!
...take a Fiddler's Dram!

[fatt-dad]

Tranquil and serene
Mandolin notes from afar
Beckon to come home

(return to sappy)

[mad dawg]

A rare F-12 here (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=12;t=18638)
Signed by Mr. Loar himself
He's back from the dead?

[jlb]

Weenies are angry
Over jokes, lightheartedness
Life is too short!

[Ted Eschliman]

Not to infest thread,
Nineteen pages sure enough.
(Sorry, Haiku fans...)

Hurricanes named by:
"A, B, C, D, E, F.... 'G?'"
Missed chance for "Gibson!"

[mad dawg]

Once a tranquil place
Haiku thread has been hijacked
By Gibson stir-fry http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[fatt-dad]

I'm lost, down and out
Storms, with only a poncho
And, my mandolin

[Django Fret]

MAS confusion reigns.
So difficult to decide
next mando to get.

[mad dawg]

LOL!

[delsbrother]

Dealers in a bind
Need to make us feel their pain
G strings in a bunch

eBay scammers dread
Texan's flippant bid onslaught
Stir-fry Pepekk stings?

truth be told again
Shout across the rolling waves
Mandobirds singing

Blissful player's dreams
Rigel's star; Electron's hum
Eating jellyfish

[fatt-dad]

Poetry intense
Festival and we're in tents
Mandolin in case

[siren_20]

tendonitis sucks
you don't miss the water till
the well has run dry

not being able
to play for several days when
mando is calling

too much darn typing
coupled with new choro tune
instead read cafe threads

read the gibson thread
tichenor rightly shut it down
"go play your mandos"

who cares about price
i don't need a brand, i need
an instrument

gibsons can be good
so are a lot of other ones
where's the music focus?

even if all loars
gils, et cetera vanished
the music still stays

play your instruments
why play at all if not for this:
happiness, joy, music

[timuk]

Writing a poem
In seventeen syllables
Is very diffic...

Tim

[ShaneJ]

Writing a poem
In seventeen syllables
Is very diffic...

Tim
Um...c-u-l-t
Are those the ones you left out?
I'm just here to help. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[timuk]

Reply to SJennings; here in the UK, home of English, we pronounce poem with two syllables...

[fatt-dad]

Haiku languishes.
Have we returned to practice?
Issues unresolved. . . .

[Joe F]

Raging Gibson wars.
Sudden stillness fills the air.
Scott has pulled the plug.

[Ted Eschliman]

Now, who'd a thunk it?
Dale immersed in poetry!...
Fish and bicycles.

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[fatt-dad]

Is your chest run wild
Haiku sooths the savage breast
Beast plays mandolin

[fatt-dad]

I now have string wire
Glued to my keyboard letters
To keep callouses

[Joe F]

Summer house project,
Scrape and sand and prime and paint.
Mando gathers dust.

Soon, too cold to paint.
Winter project will be to
rebuild calluses.

[joshro78]

Good one fatt-dad!

People who complain
"Gibson thread is so boring"
Post on page sixteen

[ShaneJ]

Reply to SJennings; here in the UK, home of English, we pronounce poem with two syllables...
So do we Texans. #BTW, "poem" was in someone else's haiku that I quoted, not mine.

We rarely reduce the number of syllables in Texas. #We prefer to drawl out a few extra ones when we can. # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Tex drawls syllables -
Never will he leave one out.
"Po - wa - um", NOT "pom" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

I never done this before - but here goes!

Gibson greed angers all
who really care
are high prices ever fair

Saint Helens may blast
but Gibson will never hear the last
from those who care

fear at Mandolin Cafe
if Joe and Charlie don't post
board is toast

so everyone play nice
never think twice
about the first amendment

obey the principal
don't speak on principle
free speech is not here

conformity must prevail
somewhere the dead wail
a dark time comes

a lone gibson mandolin encased
escapes latches
hope not erased

J Hendrix applauds
Star Spangled Banner plays on
Performed by Big Mon

Must end this ditty
I'm not very witty
can't count to seventeen

Haiku is not my thing
I can't do five seven five
I must speak my piece

Now it's time for dinner
Must pick a winner
Chicken and beef stir fry

And beer then mando
also must check co-mando
and bid on ebay

else Gibson might have their way
if many dollars I must pay
to play...

Enuff is enuff!

Take Care! -Ed-

[ShaneJ]

Haiku is dif'rent.
Syllable count goes like this:
five, seven, then five.

[OdnamNool]

five, then seven, then five.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

From Haikuhut website: http://www.haikuhut.com/Haiku%20Definition.htm

"What is the proper form for haiku in English? Well, a simple definition might be a poem that captures a ‘moment in time’, usually involving nature, and as perceived or experienced by the poet. It is recorded in less than seventeen syllables, usually in three lines, and usually with the center line longer than the others, sometimes with a seasonal reference, or ‘kigo’. Although many times a 5-7-5 pattern is prescribed as a ‘firm’ rule in rudimentary definitions of haiku this is not supported by research, translation, or history, even in Japanese haiku.

One component that does appear critical is a ‘break’, 'cutting word' , or 'turn', which usually occurs between the second and third lines, but can occur also in the second line, but a ‘break’ or shift of perspective that juxtaposes the other images in the poem is considered by many as an important aspect of haiku. There are many ‘schools’ of haiku, both in Japanese and the English, and there always have been. In fact Basho, considered by most scholars to be the Father of the modern haiku, told his students to: “Learn the rules, so that you can break the rules”. Today three lines, two lines, single line, and ‘Zip’ poems all offer the sincere student of this poetic form realistic options to pursue in finding their personal approach to haiku."

Know the rules - then Basho em - Grasshopper.

Take Care! -Ed-

[fatt-dad]

Mandolin charades
One word, three syllables long.
Sounds celestial

[mandopete]

Man, this is boring!
No Gibson price increase thread...
Time to take a nap.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif

[doanepoole]

Don't fret, mandopete
October still a young month
Gibson lawyers bored

[ShaneJ]

Poem is pronounced
"pome" in West Lou'sianna?
Learn stuff ev'ry day. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[fatt-dad]

There should be a rule
To give the way of Haiku
After you've tried it

[flairbzzt]

Cool October wind
It's time to light the fireplace
No name "A" burns well

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Lets give this another try.

Texan brave an bold
Like Quixote of old
tilts at windmills alone

Dares challenge corporate greed
like Crockett at the Alamo
Stand for what you believe

Yellow Rose of Texas
talk about Emanuline
sounds best on cheap A9

faded love fiddle cries
an ode to Gibson
as customer base dies

Populace sees the need
Say No to corporate greed
They are afraid

Windmills are stronger
They last much much longer
Than mortal flesh and bone

But Texan an Pancho
Mavericks both
tilt onward an haiku quoth

This is kinda fun! Couple beers an write away!

Take Care! -Ed-

[delsbrother]

Hey Mav yer so white!
By Jingo it's dynamite
Stereotypes bite

[mandodon]

Laugh at the Pac Rim
As did Ford and Chevy fans
Who won the lion's share?

[Ted Eschliman]

"Cornfed Ted?" (He quipped.)
Jethro Burns is my hero.
Jethro was "corny."

But, Dale means Football.
Not this year, though. Not 'Huskers.
West Coast Offense! Hmphh...

[fatt-dad]

Far Eastman Dolins
Make really good chick magnets
Ask Big Joe Gibb's Son.

(is this just too stupid or what?)

[fatt-dad]

Easy Ed must like
The latest haiku from Dale
It follows the rules!

[flairbzzt]

What name microwave
Heats up dinner for tonight?
Drive Honda to work?

Foreign mandolin
Is it so much different
than your VCR?

[mandodon]

(sanitized, mand-specific version)

Gibson low-end line
Boy, they sure do look real bad
I wish they looked good http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[fatt-dad]

let's not politic
there's just too much already
play the mandolin!

[Django Fret]

Autumn almost here.
Summer mandolin playing
now a memory.

[fatt-dad]

On a rainy day
Bumpershoot your mandolin
You can play later

[OdnamNool]

Went all summer long
Without a damn bathing suit
Thanks a lot, Django!

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[OdnamNool]

You. You. Only you.
Only...YOU know WHO you are
Just you... Lonely you.

[OdnamNool]

Now, here's one that's been hangin' around in my pocket for quite some time...

Mint green salty breeze
Jumpin', Jagged, Jugglin', Jack
Sweet dream memories

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

One more...

Dillon and sidekick
Chester police this board
don't molester

Quantrill at Lawrence
delete keys a blazin
no heck you be raisin

like Kansas field of wheat
board folks play nicely serene
syrupy sweet

what not another round
Pac rim better than Nugget
outta town - sundown

Take Care! -Ed-

[reindoggy]

Central Wisconsin:
Barn burning mandos screaming,
"Polka anarchy!"

Holstein cows two step
Swinging udders, stomping hooves.
No milk, only butter.

Choose the cheese wisely.
Play cheese mando frequently!
Never sniff at cheese.

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Reindoggy TOO COOL!

Take Care! -Ed-

[fatt-dad]

Stiff competition
Reindoggy v. EasyEd
Haiku battles on. . . .

[reindoggy]

Why an ovation?
For mando meditation?
I blush and bow down.

For callused fingers,
I have the deepest regard.
Mando rules guitard!

Be the cheese! Don't fail
to seek eternal Karma
down on da farma.

Peace and thanks all!
Reindoggy

[flairbzzt]

Newcomer to board?
Thirty eight years on eight string
Make it cry or sing

From here or far east
Play them with passion and heart
Make songwriters proud

[flairbzzt]

Enjoying the board
Thought everyone was welcome
No judgements from old

Not just for seniors
Shared experience for all
Intent becomes skewed

So much good to share
Feels like new friends all around
No place for high Kings

Play those eight strings loud
To each his own likes and style
Benefactors all

[fatt-dad]

Acoustic boutique?
Cyberland of mandolins?
Making the tough choice.

[flairbzzt]

Patriotism
Questioned like never before
This is not the place

Tell you about me
Bleed red, white, and blue when cut
Board about music

Music transcends all
I will bury hatchet now
Can you take high road?

[flairbzzt]

Serve each other then.
'tis the mark of common men.
Lessons of Orwell


Instruments not same
The sound eclipses the name
Comfort of one's ear

Let the music sing
A greater peace mandos bring
Than passions of tongue...

[flairbzzt]

Listen to my songs
Do not profess to know me
Truth in my music

[reindoggy]

Play a major chord.
C's now! Strum in unison!
Plink mando; drink beers!

[OdnamNool]

Raining fatts and dogs
Cheese stands alone, Rulers reign
Don't rein fierce mustang!

(Don't ask me where that came from...)

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

A shorty.

Gibson price increase
f style lawyers involved
will it never cease?

jeez I even stuck to 5-7-5.

Take Care! -Ed-

[fatt-dad]

I like to eat carp
With bass and mustard sauce
Messy mandolin

[fatt-dad]

fatt-dad is concerned
Mandolin haiku is hard
Without loosing words.

[mandopete]

#####
#######
#####

mP

[Scott Tichenor]

#####
#######
#####

mP
We have a winner. You will be the first recipient of the prized $5.00 set of free strings, Cafe stickers and best of all... Cafe kitchen magnet.

Oh, that's OK, no need to send me that picture of you naked with your mando as thanks.

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No, please, really, don't send me that picture. But do send me your address. The strings arrived today.

[mandoJeremy]

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[fatt-dad]

(could it be this easy?)

The free string Haiku
Self-addressed and postage paid
What an awsome deal!

[fatt-dad]

(Haiku Mantra)

I am sometimes right
Mostly I get it all wrong
Practice mandolin!

[fatt-dad]

(free string Haiku - v. 2)

It will sound like ####
If you play the #'s for flats
Read the music right!

[mandopete]

Oh, that's OK, no need to send me that picture of you naked with your mando as thanks.
Don't you think that would make a nice postcard?

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Thanks Scott!

[joshro78]

oh come on,
my haiku is better than that! You said the best not the first!

my mando fell out
when fat ####### took a ####
now it sounds muddy

[rnjl]

Loathed Yanks prevail
need mando consolation
Sam loud, forget curse

[reindoggy]

Brandy and no sleep
Makes my mando play sloppy
def: mandoholic.

[mandoanon]

I want some free strings.
Since I am a destitute,
Poor, Homeless, #######

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - v.3)

A haiku respite?
We are playing mandolin.
Wearing out our strings.

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - v. 4)

Where do we post it -
Free mandolin string haiku?
I am now confused.

[rnjl]

BoSox valiant
"Who's Your Daddy?" Yank fans taunt
My Daddy? Big Mon !

[mandopete]

I hate the Yankees!
I really hate the Yankees!
No mando content.

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - v. 5)

Mandolin in case
Something happens on the road
Like Monroe's Breakdown

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - v. 6)

Mandolin for sale.
Someone else may own it though.
Sell it on eBay!

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - v. 7)

Needing to awake.
When instead, I am asleep.
I want some free strings.

[mandopete]

Dude - give it a rest!

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[rnjl]

anxious innards
seek soothing tremolo tune
Sox play Yanks tonight

[PhilGE]

If you just play notes
You will never hear the song
That lies within you

It is quite helpful
when playing the mandolin
to have fun and play!

How can one learn much
when the mind is closed
to what others play?

[rnjl]

that high lonesome sound
sobbing of Red Sox nation
blue night in Fenway

[flairbzzt]

posted strings for free
Scott saw names he never sees
all want piece of pie

cafe sponsors see
members play in harmony
act to spread the word

[fatt-dad]

Fatt-dad tries real hard
Seems to be eleventh man
Maybe one day soon.

[rnjl]

"Big Ball in Boston"
ends in jubilation
just to stay unswept


reclaimed honor
"Boston Boy" clearly Ortiz
I was there, five hours!

[mandopete]

You gotta believe!
Sick of the "who's your daddy?"
Beat the Damned Yankees!!

[rnjl]

Molly and Tenbrooks
struggled less intensely
Molly dead, Sox not

[JimRichter]

Indiana woods
Place my family calls home
BeanBlossom close by

Falling reddish leaves
Old Indiana maple
Good mandolin back?

Turkeys in the front
Deer visiting in the back
Cold Frosty Morning

Early morning thoughts
thinking of winter's approach
Split some more firewood

Early morning mist
Thoughts of Jerusalem Ridge
Can undertand Mon

Grew up here, returned
Best place to raise the children
And pick a few tunes

Looking out the back door
F5 sings Lonesome Indian
Lonesome in Indiana

[mandopete]

On to game seven,
Ain't over 'til it's over!
No mando content.

GO BOSOX!!

[fatt-dad]

Bosox Baseball lives.
Mandolin playing suffers.
Free string haiku dies.

[rnjl]

elation and joy
like "Rawhide" at "eleven"
Red Sox heroic

[reindoggy]

Not a baseball fan,
but Yanks weeping breaks my heart.
Play a happy tune!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Next: mando porn.
Why not break some brand new ground?
"Debbie Does Triplets"

[rnjl]

ill wind, dark doings
mando perfidy afoot
Cafe rumors fly



Red Sox still romp on
Yet slight guilt in stomping Cards
honorable team

[fatt-dad]

I've never met him
Ted the new moderator
I'm wishing him well.

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - final version)

I'm getting free strings!
No, haiku did not help me.
Just a subscription.

[davestem]

"Let them eat new strings"
quoth Scott, who then proceeds to
photoshop the world.

[rnjl]

Fenway Elation !
uncursed under red moon
Sox hearts like Big Mon

[reindoggy]

My sweet, romantic
serenading mandolin...
Wife yells, "Knock it off!"

Midnight again and
I head down to the basement
with my mando love.

In the damp, cold, dark,
underneath the staircase, I
caress my mando.

She can't understand
that I just bought it today,
and my fingers LUST!

[Scott Tichenor]

Don't like ebay frauds?
Use the Cafe classifieds
Pit bull owner lurks

[brandon]

reindoggy, that one kinda gave me the creeps. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku - epilog)

Devil in details
Subscribed pre November 1st
No free strings for me.

[mad dawg]

I'm in a blue state
Awash in a sea of red
Mandolin, free me

[reindoggy]

Fatt-dad tries harder
than anyone else to glean
strings. Tenacious Dude!

May the mando gods
smile down upon him and dry
his corrosive tears!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[fatt-dad]

(free string haiku, epilog, epilog)

The path to free strings.
Haiku and a magizine - nah.
Random odds - maybe.

[OdnamNool]

Random Od blasts in
With fury of stringless dadd
Heroic effort

Od-I'll-give-you-my-strings-namNool

[fatt-dad]

Flatiron 1N
Versus a Smart mandolin
Wow, what a dif'rence!

[OdnamNool]

So hey there, F.D...
P.M. me with your address
Strings flyin' yer way

Od-what-in-tarnations-izza-Flatiron-1N-just-wondering-namNool

[OdnamNool]

And no, no, and no...
Not the patriotic ones
Those are in a vault

Od-gee-it-bums-me-out-not-havin'-the-ole'-twist-'n-shouters-around-namNool http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[fatt-dad]

Thanks for kind offers,
Whilst I try to win outright,
Haiku sooths my loss.

fatt this-years-string-change-done-anyhow dad

[fatt-dad]

Emerged from the case
After a summer slumber
Opens up anew.

fatt I'm-not-sure-if-I've-opened-up-yet dad

[Django Fret]

Dry winter air looms!
Prepare Humidifiers
and Hygrometers.

[fatt-dad]

Haiku ‘fore Christmas
Not a creature was stirring
Mandolin in case

[OdnamNool]

Unearthly unearthed
Rare treasure now collects dust
Keepsake in my heart

[fatt-dad]

Thanksgiving haiku
Turkey at my in-law's house
Mandolin in case.

[mad dawg]

Guests are bringing sides
Turkey in the BBQ
A peaceful kitchen

[mad dawg]

Bro' has new guitar
And me, a new mandolin
We are giving thanks

[fatt-dad]

Playing "Simple Gifts"
Overeating and football
I will run it off.

[Ted Eschliman]

A.D.D. nephews
Create Thanksgiving chaos.
Grab mando and hide...

[mandoanon]

Boss buys some turkey
I am working Thanksgiving
Help to feed my MAS

[OdnamNool]

John Lennon tonight
Thinking of you and wishing
Love throughout the world

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[mad dawg]

Down Santa Cruz way
Barefoot Daoist family
Plays and sings Bluegrass

[fatt-dad]

Now in Panama
Trying to speak the language
Mandolin in case

[mad dawg]

¡Hola amigo!
¿Dónde está una sesión?
Me llamo Papa'-Gordo