Mando-inspired Haiku

[fatt-dad]

Hello friend also!
Fat Papa can find no gigs
Here in Panama

[fatt-dad]

Senorita walks on by
Papa Gordo°s Lullaby
Eight strings and no flats

[mandodude]

Now in Panama
Trying to speak the language
Mandolin in case
Mandolin in case??
What I'd really like to know
is: "In case of what??"

[Django Fret]

Mandolin in case??
What I'd really like to know
is: "In case of what??"
Your posts have been missed...
Good to have you back on board.
Any new band names?

[Kirby161]

pentatonic scales;
damnable things I think them
how does dawg do it?

On maple weber
a fresh knick appears by the bridge;
comes without reason

[Bunnylady]

Been gone way too long!
Mandolin takes a back seat
To other issues.

Now, at holidays,
Christmas pickin' urge too strong -
Mando wants to play!!

Drat! and drat! again!
I've lost all my callouses!
Boy, my fingers hurt!

Still, mando feels good
Glad to be back in my hands
Abandoned no more!

(I admit I missed
All you crazy mandoheads
And haiku-lovers)

[mad dawg]

Bunnylady's back
Hopping down the Haiku trail
With sore fingertips

[fatt-dad]

(Panama Haiku - finé)

Leaving Panama.
"Is that a banjo", he asks?
DOES IT LOOK LIKE ONE!

[fatt-dad]

Christmas giveaway.
Random odds and fatt-dad's out.
The Haiku lament.

[reindoggy]

Holiday greetings!
It is near a whole new year;
dare I change my strings?

I hesitate to
crack open a new pack when
no string has broken.

An eerie voice creaks,
"Ebenezer, don't be cheap!"
Marley has spoken.

[Joe F]

Arctic high blows in,
Wind chill twenty five below,
Guess I'll pick indoors.

[Django Fret]

Love the holidays.
Time for family, food, and
mandolin playing.

[fatt-dad]

Happy New Year Ya'll
Looking for inspiration?
Mandolin cafe.

[Django Fret]

Haiku thread must live!
Far too many great postings
to let fade away...

[mad dawg]

Dormant for a while,
Django Fret wakes up this thread.
Fatt Dad, where are you?

[fatt-dad]

Ash Wednesday is here
What should I give up for Lent?
Buying mandolins.

[fatt-dad]

Tuning with a fork?
Try using Intellitouch.
Banjo still sounds off.

[mandopete]

Income tax season...
Are you getting a refund?
Spend it all on MAS!

[Hondo]

Papa Gordo,

Try intellibash!
A sledgehammer could only
improve the banjo...

[fatt-dad]

(the Haiku meter)
(three separate lines of text)
(five, seven, and five)

Intellibash Rewrite. . . . .

The Intellibash.
Sledgehammer tuning method.
Works well with banjos.

(don't hate me Hondo, you really did make me laugh out loud)

f-d

[Hondo]

papa gordo is
such a traditionalist
5-7-5 - bah!

[fatt-dad]

fatt-dad writes haiku
reflecting on tradation
Hondo writes "New-ku"

[Hondo]

But what is the sound
of Papa Gordo clapping?
Only Basho knows.

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[Baron Collins-Hill]

playing a concert
broke two strings on accident
darn darn darn darn darn

baron

[mad dawg]

Ash Wednesday is here
What should I give up for Lent?
Buying mandolins.
Ash Wednesday is here
What should you give up for Lent?
Buying banjolins!

[fatt-dad]

Practice mandolin
Requires an open mind.
Fatt-dad is troubled.

The talk of Basho
Is not relavant to me.
Hondo, please explain.

[Hondo]

Fatt-dadd:

Hondo's going Zen:
To play better, empty mind.
(Mine started that way)

You're writing haiku,
therefore Basho's relevant.
Darn, I dropped my pick.

[fatt-dad]

Great Haiku poet
Matsuo Munefusa
Knew no mandolin

[fatt-dad]

Driving to a pick.
Winding roads through countryside.
Old-time fiddle tunes.

[Hondo]

all alone out here
I pick until dawn, making
the coyotes howl

(everyone's a critic...)

[Ted Eschliman]

Empty Utah brag:
"Good as Loar from *MY* hands,
Gibson sucks." Right... <Yawn>

[mad dawg]

Ted, I am confused:
Mysterious Utah boast;
Did I miss a thread?

[fatt-dad]

The Madd-Dawg slumbers.
Equipment posts a-flaming.
I want a Gibson!

[mad dawg]

Oh, that wild old thread.
But what was in Utah's hands?
(Inquiring minds...)

[fatt-dad]

My practice partner.
Mindless television shows.
Like, The Apprentice.

[Mark Robertson-Tessi]

despite much practice
no mastery of hard lick
oh well fake it then

[Mark Robertson-Tessi]

club has heat so high
too much sweat is on the pick
just got hit by fruit

[Mark Robertson-Tessi]

I start on b chord
everyone else plays b flat
what key are we in

[Scott Tichenor]

Salt Lake luthier
No time to build mandolins
Too much Cafe chat

My millimeter
Beats up your millimeter
Caliper macho

Me, me, me, me, me
Me, me, me, me, me, me, me
Me, me, me, me, me

[Scott Tichenor]

By the way, in case you've never seen this, here's the best of the Cafe mandolin haiku (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/haiku.html). Haven't added to it in awhile.

[mandopete]

No Haiku's added?
We must be losing our touch!
New Priority?

[fatt-dad]

'Cafe Site Owner
Speaks of Haiku Legacy.
Click - and it's Right Here! (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/haiku.html)

[ira]

mandopete relax
just a temporary lull
haiku will live on

[ira]

playing blues so sweet
on this little two-point axe
she cries out with soul

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[mad dawg]

Last visit of day
Shutting down my PC now
Where's my mandolin?

[ira]

mandoin in case
calls out to me for playing
too bad, time for sleep

[fatt-dad]

How do you practice?
Fiddle tunes and five-notes scales?
It's quite a journey!

[fatt-dad]

My mid-life crisis.
Should I build a mandolin?
Alone I wonder. . .

[reindoggy]

Mandolin flu bug.
Three days on the couch pickin'.
Is this a bad thing?

[fatt-dad]

A-style, pancake, "F"
Don't forget the taterbug.
Must have one of each!

[Joe F]

Web filter at work
Now thinks message board is "Chat".
No more Cafe fix. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[Undercover Brother]

Star Trek, 24
Alias & Bill Monroe.
Practice & Tivo.

Chris

[Hondo]

All alone in the
forest. If a mando sighs
will anyone hear?

[fatt-dad]

(Hondo Rewrite)

Alone in the forest
Is a sighing mandolin.
Will anyone hear?

[fatt-dad]

Reading through this thread
Unravels a history.
Hot ‘café topics.

Flames, ire or free strings.
Sometimes a good recipe
Rhyming all our thoughts

[OdnamNool]

Wildly ridin'

Californ-ya... Poppy Fields!

Giddy yup. #YEEEE HAWWWWWW!

(My friend has sent me pictures of hillsides covered with golden poppys...) #Flames to flowers... #I'm gunna go check it out, on a horse, of course...) #CALIFORNIA! #HERE I COME! #Datblastid yippie dippy dooo! #Love it, Love it, Lovin' it... #Oh...mando content...yeah... you can be sure I'll be takin' my mando... Gotta calm my horse...YEEHAW!

[mad dawg]

Mendocino coast
Rainy holiday weekend
Mandolin weather

[Hondo]

Yippee! Free cd!
Maybe my luck is turning.
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[fatt-dad]

Alone I ponder.
Fate has taken all my luck.
For I'm Mister Blue

[fatt-dad]

Old time and bluegrass.
Jazz, reels, Celtic and Klezmer.
Mando tunes for all!

[OdnamNool]

No need for screed, screams
Simple person who misses
M'dude 'n D J

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[fatt-dad]

That old vintage sound.
Wires and wood of today.
It may never happen.

[fatt-dad]

Haiku languishes
Plenty talk of mandolins.
Where's my free pizza?

[mad dawg]

Bright green MK F (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7306431810&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1)
Professor PT suggests
St. Pat's mandolin?

[ryru14]

Getting Underway,
Mando arrived oneday late,
Now nothing to play.

With nothing to play,
I sit and mope, very sad.
Login to Cafe

I read of new toys.
I oggle the sweet pictures,
Discover new joys.

Pulling in port soon.
My new Mandolin awaits.
Will post review soon.

[fatt-dad]

The greatest picker
From yesteryear or today?
Heck, it could be me!

[rnjl]

mandolin neglect
strings turn black, fretboard dry, rough
lonesome Flatiron

[fatt-dad]

Dejected and blue.
Great mandolins do not help.
I still need practice!

[davestem]

Diving deep into
Beaumont Rag--very tough to keep
all those down-up's straight!

[fatt-dad]

Are banjos needed
to play "the bluegrass music"?
Ask ol' Bill Monroe.

[OdnamNool]

Miles of smiles
Sunshine shinin' your way, friend...
Thanks for sayin', "Hi!"

(to mandodude...)

[fatt-dad]

Rattlesnake rattle
Redneck mandolin virzi
Might-could help the sound

[fatt-dad]

April's fools are gone
Monroe movie cracks a laugh.
Check out Ebay bid.

[mikeomando]

Fatt-dadd is rolling
When will he ever practice?
First eat some ice cream...

[mad dawg]

New eBay auction:
Play your mandolin naked (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7312774592&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1);
No more buckle dings

[fatt-dad]

TommyK's haiku
Hai Karate poetry
It's something like that. . . .

[Eric F.]

My new Flatiron
play it as evening falls
feels like an old friend

[JEStanek]

Ouch! My E-string popped.
Wind the wire around the post
I'm back in business!

[fatt-dad]

New-mandolin fund
Gone with IRS payment
And my broke-down car. . . .

[mad dawg]

Bye mandolin fund,
Farewell to tax refunds too;
Damn property tax

[fatt-dad]

troubles go away
work on your mandolin kit
only one c-note.

[fatt-dad]

Changing all my strings.
Callouses with little holes.
Band-aids on the couch.

[mad dawg]

(Papá gordo) Va a Panamá
Buscanda a amigos
A juego con él

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[fatt-dad]

packing all my stuff.
Where to put the mandolin.
Overhead will fit. . . .

[billkilpatrick]

stephen foster tunes
american in paris
mandomondolin

[knockwood]

continents collide:
rosewood, spruce and ebony
share one new language

[OdnamNool]

Heart stood steeeeeel, yes his
Butterflies with catching eyes
Yeah, he looked so fine.
--------------------------------------
nyuk, nyuk

[billkilpatrick]

working out old songs
while waiting for the shower
red welts ribs and thigh

[OdnamNool]

Working out songs made Bill sour.
He just didn't have theory power!
"Now are those I's or V's"?
YIKES! It gave him the hives!
So he hopped in to take a cold shower!

[billkilpatrick]

in the I-V-league
roman 'round with odnamnool!
sixes and sevens

[billkilpatrick]

fourty-years ago
mandolin in a pawn shop
- i didn't get it

[mad dawg]

Thirty years ago
Mandocaster in storefront
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[Joe F]

Last month in the shop,
Outstanding Lebeda A.
Sigh. Had no spare cash.

[Ken Sager]

Collings A for sale
Check the classified ad here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=13829&query=retrieval)
Make me an offer

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[fatt-dad]

Panamanian.
Plays an old mandolina.
Not much bluegrass there.

[OdnamNool]

Thinking...wondering...
Should have, could have, just maybe...
If only. #One day...

Oh! #And thanks for your kind words, Buh, buh, buh...
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[billkilpatrick]

edith piaf must have been a robot haiku:

shouldn't have said that
would have done it different
- photoless wallet

[mad dawg]

Different choices then
May have changed my present life
But I like my life

[mad dawg]

I like my life now
Except perhaps my budget
Need more mandolins

[fatt-dad]

I sometimes wonder
Hidden meaning of haiku
mandolin robots?

[billkilpatrick]

plucky little chordophone haiku:

hard to imagine
living life to the fullest
with no strings attached

[fatt-dad]

-
# # # # + +
# # # # + +
# # # # + +
# # # # + +
# # # # #"
# # # # #" # mando courier
# # # # #" #
# # # # #" # traveling to points afar
# # # # #"
# # # # #" # the high lonesome sound
# # # # #"
# # # # | |
# # # #| # |
# # # | # # |
# # #| # # # |
# # | # # # # |
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[billkilpatrick]

too many haiku
makes beaucoup loco low-ku
- and so, off to bed

[bratsche]

For haiku addicts:
Make them one line (http://www.haikumaker.com/) at a time
(No, it's not my site!)

[OdnamNool]

Electronic vibes
Absorbing hand oscillates
Buh...buh...bonafide.

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[fatt-dad]

Action high or low?
Crisp and clean or whomp on it.
Which do you prefer?

[picksnbits]

Little more action.
Or, maybe a little less.
Just keep 'em ringing.

[Ken Sager]

Do not liken it
To a nose -- needing to pick --
Pick hard in full view

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[Django Fret]

Eight string obsession.
How does this small instrument
Pervade our life so?

[billkilpatrick]

seven acres of rampant, springtime growth to maintain with noooooooo.... mule haiku:

grasshopper and ant
all i want to do is play
fatt-dad's chair mirage

[fatt-dad]

This day I'm fifty.
I play like I'm only 10.
Keeps me feeling young.

[billkilpatrick]

tante auguri
felice melodie
mandolinista

[OdnamNool]

(translation... Of course, I'm just wingin' it here...)

Alittle older
Play some happy melodies
Mandolin player

But hey... shouldn't it be "mandolinisTO??? #Uh... fatt-dad! #Is there somethin' you're not tellin' us, here?

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[bratsche]

Fifty's nifty, fatt
I should know, I've got you beat
just by seven months!

bratsche

[fatt-dad]

Mandolinisto
Not a mandolinista
Old men think fast, no?

[billkilpatrick]

na ...

[Joe F]

Fifty two next month,
Playing mando half my life.
Still not very good.

[Bill James]

Ha, not very good?
Need to play with me again.
Joe sound like Thile.

[fatt-dad]

Learn new things each day
Italian words perhaps.
O's, A's, and I's, whew!

[Joe F]

Me in Nickel Creek??
Need to find my hip waders,
'cause it's getting deep!

[bratsche]

Mandolinista.
Mandolinisto is good
in Esperanto.

(courtesy of Google search)

bratsche

[billkilpatrick]

head hurts, fingers cramped
much to learn, so little time
Over-the-Hill U.

[billkilpatrick]

sniffing my crafter's
carbon composite sound hole
- gibson sweet it ain't

[mandolooter]

A tribute to a fine man who joined the Angel band.

Surfdog, howz'it bro?
Pick me another one, friend
and smile down on me!

[fatt-dad]

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[billkilpatrick]

cool, calm demeanor
gazing at the computer
- just riddled with MAS

[OdnamNool]

Grande anima
Mucho sol brillare su
Cuore d'oro

(Hope I didn't say anything obscene, there...)

[billkilpatrick]

no-no ... perfectly clear. i'll have mine with mayo, however and take a shake.

(sto' scherzando signora - complimenti ... )

[billkilpatrick]

repaired mandolin
from elderly instruments
like a spring chicken

[fatt-dad]

If ants play guitar.
Can spiders play mandolin?
One leg for each string.

[croonerexpress]

Do you play by ear?

No,

I play by hand.

[billkilpatrick]

do you know the rules
of composing a haiku?
we're counting on you

[picksnbits]

mando needs playin
and my horses need ridin.
I sit in grey cube.

[fatt-dad]

Mortise and tendon
Do you like the dove-tail joint?
Plenty of options.

[mandolooter]

Spring Strawberry Fest
Cali mountains echo sounds
of sweet sweet music!

[Ted Eschliman]

Heed what you consume.
Milk soured? Heat can spoil!
Inspect who caters...

[billkilpatrick]

murmuring low notes
and the sense its tuning makes
- first thoughts when waking

[fatt-dad]

Free Rigel haiku
Can someone tell me the rules?
I may get lucky!

[mad dawg]

Wide radiused neck
Double cutaway beauty
Someday you'll be mine

[Joe F]

Jamming twice a month,
with no practice time between,
makes my fingers hurt!

[Django Fret]

Rigel giveaway!
Far too many will enter,
but only one wins.

[Ted Eschliman]

Rigel Fantasy.
Harsh reality mere weeks...
Dreams are good for you!

[stevem]

Yon stately Rigel,
Beaming rays of hopeful glee.
Forsake Them, not me!

[JEStanek]

Black cat in my case
unusual buzz on string
tis' a long whisker

[OdnamNool]

Rainbow Connection
Remembering first song learned
By Kermit the Frawg

(welp... somebody had to revive the thread, eh?)

[fatt-dad]

I wrote a haiku.
Now where's my scrap of paper.
Washed upon the beach.

(thanks O)

[Django Fret]

Rising to the bait.
Is next mando a keeper
or catch and release?

[Ted Eschliman]

Marriage on the rocks?...
Not with new M.A.S. ploy
Called "Catch and Release!"

[Django Fret]

Catching is not hard.
The difficulty lies in
releasing good ones.

[OdnamNool]

EEEEEEIIIIIII! I'm breaking all the Haiku rules, just to barge in here and say, "hello."

[fatt-dad]

Let's break haiku rules;
Barging in to say hello;
Isn't life too short?


Fatt-dad awakens;
Busy with the catch and release;
Quickens my tempo.

[fatt-dad]

Creating logo;
Is advanced degree needed;
Or just some good looks?

[JEStanek]

Hot Wednesday, Sweat Drips.
My fingerboard is sloppy.
Dreaded tarnished strings.

Konichi-wa

[fiddler]

brand new strings tonight
hook and turn,turn,turn many times
until the new notes shine

[mad dawg]

Check out frets.com
Different take on changing strings
Hook, loop, and turn less

[otterly2k]

how many haiku-
writing mandolin players
to change a light bulb?

(must answer in haiku)

[fatt-dad]

I am frustrated.
My mandolins won't play fast.
I guess I think slow. . . .

[fatt-dad]

The haiku riddle.
Must follow all haiku rules.
Answer, "575"

[otterly2k]

one to write haiku
one to count syllables and
one to change the bulb

[OdnamNool]

Ur, semi-colons?
What's up with that, there, f.d.?
Curious wonder

[JEStanek]

Friday- Philly, heat.
I will not change the light yet.
It makes too much heat.

[mandopete]

To change out the bulb,
One must consult Bill Monroe.
No part of nuthin!

[fatt-dad]

Playing in the dark.
No one sees my fingers fly.
Hot summer evening.

[reindoggy]

playing in the dark
you can't see me to throw the
rotting tomato

[otterly2k]

"Gibson bulbs are best!"
"Not so!" say critics, and yet
Gibson clones abound.

[OdnamNool]

Playing in the dark?
As if, "blindly in the night?"
Where is mandodude?

[fatt-dad]

Eureka, a light!
Alas, but I keep looking.
Can't find the right chords.

[Ted Eschliman]

Music theory geeks
Have acute sense of humor.
Cerebral bunch, we...

[billkilpatrick]

paypal emptied out
anti-mas mantra break down
immaturity

[fatt-dad]

The pedal pusher.
Single speed without a break.
Mandolin in case.

[mandopete]

Where is Mandodude?
I used to be in a band...
...Don't get me started!

[Joe F]

Weekend old-time jam,
finally can play "June Apple!"
(or is it "Appal?")

[billkilpatrick]

wide awake, can't sleep
a mandolin lullaby
will rouse everyone

[Scott Tichenor]

Random Bad Band Name (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/bandnames/)
is no match for the real thing
String Cheese Incident

[Kirby161]

Sam Bush autograph
tells me to "pick on", and yet
gibson e-string breaks

[fatt-dad]

Shipping mandolin.
Man, it's really hot outside.
Pieces in a box.

[davestem]

IV kit beckons,
"Build me!" Johnson A whimpers
with Ebay nightmares

[davestem]

Mandos prepare for
a lonely spell; welcome home,
my D-28!

[davestem]

New frets, neck set, bridge!
New pins, bone saddle, pickup...
How's it gonna sound?

[fatt-dad]

In each rythemic line.
Convey an elegant thought.
Mandolin haiku.

[B. T. Walker]

Falling raindrops sound
Like mandolins' softly-played
Liquid lullabies.

[Joe F]

At our weekly jams,
I had most strings, 'til last night.
(Autoharp showed up!)

[Joe F]

Saw Bill James last night,
New TP on his Brentrup,
What a work of art!

[billkilpatrick]

money to music
waiting for it to happen
bowl back in the post

[David Horovitz]

Business policies?
Love my Gibson A-5L
Don't miss scroll at all

[fiddler]

Scroll on my fiddle
Scroll on my old F5 too
Rigel Q: sleek curves

[JEStanek]

Humidity change
Leads to variable pitch
Tuning is a $#tch!

[mad dawg]

After a slumber
Thread awakens with gusto
Like FOTW

[B. T. Walker]

Vacation's over.
Day-long mando practice through
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[B. T. Walker]

Haiku forever
Inspires creative spirits
Sharing inner light.

[Brian Baker]

Gibson fight rages, http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
Nothing much gets accomplished, http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
I'd rather go pick. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

-Brian B.

[B. T. Walker]

Do you know what is
Capitalism's problem?
Capitalist greed.

What's good for Gibson
Is good for America?
Mandolins can help.

Speak with your wallet,
Write letters and send e-mail.
Mandolins Unite!

[fatt-dad]

It's all together.
fatt-dad's mandolin haiku (http://home.comcast.net/~fatt-dad/haiku.html)
Isn't that too vein?

[mad dawg]

It is now all clear
Fatt Dad's role for this forum
Haiku proving ground

[billkilpatrick]

nameless old german
bought for nothing on ebay
patiently teaching

[Joe F]

No jams this weekend:
Everyone's at festival.
(Me? I have to paint.)

[Chip Booth]

dry dusty desert
outdoor show at county fair
F5 needs cleaning

[davestem]

Up late in the night
obsessing over details
cutting the first tracks

Microphone angles,
ground loops, right hand mechanics;
getting in too deep...

[fatt-dad]

Running, scotch and beer.
My obsessions of the past.
Now it's mandolins!

[B. T. Walker]

Cool morning breezes
Carry mandolin music
Waking up the day.

[B. T. Walker]

Seven hundred plus:
Mad Dawg, thank you for starting
Mandolin haiku.

[mad dawg]

Mandolin Haiku
A long MC tradition
This, a reborn thread

[JEStanek]

Hot, long double shift
OT spent for IV kit
To dream, to build... ahhh!

Jamie
From May 2003 through today! Nice topic Mad Dawg.

[fatt-dad]

I'm writing a book
"How to Sell a Mandolin"
Need some more practice. . . .

[PatrickH]

Opening the latches...
The smell of spruce...
The small neck..the bell sound...
A reel...A jig...O'Carolin's Concerto...
I'm well again

[B. T. Walker]

I took my beater
And a stand to work today.
Those poor eighth graders.

"Give me Liberty,
Or give me Death," Henry said.
Play "Yankee Doodle".

In 1814
Battle of Fort McHenry
"Oh, say, can you see...?"

General Jackson
"The Battle of New Orleans"
Johnny Horton rocks!

Do you remember
Sweet Betsy fom Pike, mountains,
Husband Ike, dog, hog?

Texas, Mexico
Remember the Alamo
and the Yellow Rose.

Abraham Lincoln
And the Gettysburg Address
"Ashoken Farewell"

[mandolooter]

another bad day
got my mando out to play
looks like I'll be fine... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[reindoggy]

Multimedia
presentations are highly
educational

Bravo, Brian T.

[mad dawg]

MS Powerpoint
Death knell for public speaking
Hamlet Powerpoint? (http://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/humor/misc/hamletppt1.pps)

[mandopete]

Check the Haiku thread,
you never know what you'll find.
Good one by Mad Dawg!

[mlbex]

Mandolin, guitar?
Old true friend or bright new flame?
Which one will it be?

[B. T. Walker]

August twentieth
A darling daughter's birthday
Happy seventh, girl

The song I will play
Is "Happy Birthday To You"
On the mandolin

[DryBones]

replacing the nut
right off left on I obsess
someday I will play




sorry, couldn't resist...no more nut talk from me.

[fatt-dad]

Raisen-like fingers.
Spent the whole day at the pool.
Calloses don't work.

[B. T. Walker]

Hands feel like fatt-dad's
Soaked all day in pool water
Some calousses peel.

[fatt-dad]

Mando on the wall?
H-E-double-hockey-stick.
There are more than one.

[B. T. Walker]

It's O-dark thirty
Doing a load of laundry
Playing mandolin

[Joe F]

Selling off old stuff.
Funds for new mando? Not yet.
Daughter needs a car!

[JEStanek]

Philly Folk Fest Fun
David Grisman, Here I come
Mando, Co-Mando

Jamie

[B. T. Walker]

I love the weekend
Saturday morning practice
With the mandolin

[fatt-dad]

Hot summer over?
Rain falling on my front porch.
Where do I play now?

[fatt-dad]

Clink tizzle tizzle.
Old-time hill-billy music.
With a mandolin.

[fatt-dad]

Mandolin co-op.
Small builders from points afar.
Will it ever be?

[Joe F]

Two jams this weekend
Tons of old-time fiddle tunes.
Fingertips are sore.

[fatt-dad]

Mando on order.
Top wood, color stain, inlay. . . .
How do I decide?

[good_ol_al_61]

I did not know how to haiku until today.

Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.

So here goes....

Arches Mandolin
The Finest In All The Land
Need To Play Mine Soon

Sad But Back Ordered
M-A-S Has Taken Hold
Need Relief Real Soon

[picksnbits]

How is it pronounced?
Is it M-A-S or mass?
Could mess up Haiku.

[Hondo]

El Papa Gordo
used eight syllables. A sin!
Sound of strings snapping... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[mad dawg]

IV Mando Kit
An imminent obsession
(The wife said "OK")

[fatt-dad]

To edit a thread.
Solves mandolin haiku form.
Asleep at the switch.

[B. T. Walker]

Writing a haiku
Easy compared to playing
William S. Monroe

[good_ol_al_61]

Continued from earlier haiku....

Eastman is en route
Anticipating the box
Playing until sore

M-A-S on hold
Remission is not a cure
Arches will abate

[good_ol_al_61]

Last one in the saga...

Eastman Has New Home
Neighbors Gave OKay to Play
Made Lots of Music

Blisters on Fingers
Nightfall Has Come Way Too Soon
Sleep Will Be Pleasant http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif

[fatt-dad]

Removed from the flood.
Praying for recovery.
Mandolin for calm.

[fatt-dad]

Don't like your finish?
Try soap, water and steel wool.
Makes for long, dull day.

[B. T. Walker]

March of the Penguins
Grandma takes kids to movie
It's mandolin time
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[reindoggy]

San Antonio,
Are New Orleans kids waltzing
into your school yard?

At an open mike,
played Mississippi Heavy
Water Blues--too sad!

[B. T. Walker]

There are no kids yet
But are expecting them soon
Don't know how many

Kelly USA
Decommissioned Air Force base
Temporary home

Saw many busses
On the tarmac at Kelly
Yesterday morning

Sadly listened to
Led Zeppelin CD tune
When the Levee Breaks

[reindoggy]

New Orleans again
Will rise-up from the
water and ashes.

The Big Un-Easy:
Plug the levees; Man the pumps.
Resurrection calls!

Preservation Hall
was my introduction to
the Dixieland sound.

My memories will
preserve it if nothing else
physical remains.

[B. T. Walker]

Helicopters may
Sound noisy, so like banjoes
Not sweet mandolins

But being rescued
Choppers sound more like the noise
Made by angel's wings

To help the victims
Of Hurricane Katrina
Give to the Red Cross

[fatt-dad]

Wade in the water.
Gospel tune from southern past.
Seen alive today.

[DryBones]

Still waiting on nut,
could my mandolin be cursed?
who wants a lefty?

[B. T. Walker]

At end of summer
Workers deserve gratitude
Happy Labor Day

Swimming at the lake
Sole mando, the rest guitars
Jammin' catfish fry

[fatt-dad]

Summertime is over.
Pool is closed - now what to play?
Ashokan Farewell.

[B. T. Walker]

Electric octave
Mandolin bought on e-bay
New musical path

Always acoustic
I'll have to purchase an amp
For electric sound

Sent the entire check
To a Louisiana
Salvation Army

Thank you Rick Felkel
Who makes Elloree guitars
For "mandonation"

[DryBones]

lefty is back home
plays Blue Moon of Kentucky,
Blue Ridge Cabin Home


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[fatt-dad]

Scott must get tired.
On the Mandolin Cafe.
The troublemakers!

[JEStanek]

"This one is the best."
"Buying that one makes you bad"
I say "Mine Plays Fine."

Flat or Radiused
Banjos and/or lawyer jokes
Oh, so many threads!

For Scott, with admiration for his patience.

Jamie

[Keith Erickson]

Roses are Red... ..uhhm?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
Violets are Blue... uhh uh-oh?
I'm a loss for words.

[Keith Erickson]

OK I've got it now:

For tone and color
Mandolins are forever
A-Style all the way