Mando-inspired Haiku

[fatt-dad]

A will for your death.
A mandolin for your life.
Music is priceless.

[Django Fret]

Monroe's mandolin.
Country Music Hall of Fame
A Great Resting Place.

[B. T. Walker]

Ludewig two-point
Not sapphire but emerald
With diamond sound

[fatt-dad]

Last trip to the beach.
With my beater mandolin.
Ocracoke Island!

[billkilpatrick]

grasshoppers fiddle
while ants hardly ever stop.
who wants what and why?

[mad dawg]

Papá Gordo says
Any axe taken to beach
Returns as beater

[B. T. Walker]

My daughter tells me
She wants to play the fiddle
Like Alison Krauss

Then seriously
She asks if she can still play
On her mandolin

Kids will make you proud
When they set goals for themselves
Following your steps

That little exchange
Almost made my heart explode
Filled with pride and love

[fatt-dad]

It's lying asleep
Hopefully to awaken
Mandolin haiku

[B. T. Walker]

He still writes haiku.
Fatt-dad's a video star
And yet he's humble.

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[fatt-dad]

Watching Steffey play
National Folk Festival
I remain humble. . . .

[mad dawg]

Papá Gordo says
Any axe taken to beach
Returns as beater
If this is a fact
Could a beater at the beach
Come back as a Loar?

[JEStanek]

Rain, Rain, All day long
seven & a half inches
basement is still dry.

Jamie

[mad dawg]

Moving to Portland
Thnking about it at least
Rains there a lot too

[fatt-dad]

Papá Gordo says
Any axe taken to beach
Returns as beater
If this is a fact
Could a beater at the beach
Come back as a Loar?
A curious post
Beater to Loar alchemy
Mando "quote" Haiku.

[fatt-dad]

Hot topics of today.
Photos, pancakes and technique.
Still have to practice.

[Joe F]

Big jam late last night,
Tent with mic and sound system,
Played "Red Wing" just fine.

Three mandolins there,
My Kentucky and a Dart,
plus a Gibson Fern.

[fatt-dad]

Parenting and teens.
Blah, blah, blah and whatever.
No time for practice.

[good_ol_al_61]

Fatt-Dad posts again
How many haikus is that?
Counting all night long

[fatt-dad]

It makes me loose hope.
To see new Loars surfacing.
Worsens yard sale odds.

[Rob Zamites]

New to the forum
feeling humbled by others
who can play a tune

fingers are too big
to play the tiny mando
short scale bouzouki

cheap built instrument
becomes Stephen Owsley Smith
'zouk with practice

[billkilpatrick]

hallucination.
mention of any "owsley"
really brings me back.

[fatt-dad]

Monthly bashing thread.
Gibson or Pac-Rim mando?
It's just like clockwork. . . .

[Joe F]

"Gibson makes the best!"
"Gibson makes a piece of junk!"
Debate rages on.

(That one's an oldie.
I posted it here before,
But it's timely still.)

[JEStanek]

Such anger if used
On my shiny mandolin
Would turn it to chips.

-Haiku for flames

Let someone buy theirs
From the builder of their choice
My wait time lessens.

-Haiku for an Arches.

Big Joe and Thile
Record a Bluegrass anthol.
The server explodes!

-Haiku for Scott T's sanity

Jamie

[B. T. Walker]

A troubled work week
Is eased when I arrive home
To play mandolin

The high school choir
Warmed up to TGIF
Thank God It's Friday

No prayer in school though
Everyone believed it so
Fridays we sang loud

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[fatt-dad]

Do you want a Loar?
One from Skinner or Milan?
Big price difference.

[B. T. Walker]

Fatt-dad posts haiku
No e-mail for a notice
Push "Track this topic"

[fatt-dad]

Pretty mandobabes.
Like angels on a postcard.
Ah, the good old days. . . . .

[fatt-dad]

Now there's only one.
The great mandolin sell-off.
Time to buy again?

[Karen Kay]

New strings for Kentuck
Happy 21 Lisa
Much thanks to fatt-dad

[fatt-dad]

Passed on the snake-head.
Didn't buy the Wiens F-5.
Maybe MAS is cured. . . . .

[Brian Baker]

One thing is settled.
Who is the king of haiku?
Fatt-prolific-dad.

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[mandroid]

on to conquer the limerick form !

[fatt-dad]

Practice is easy.
Buying mandolins is fun.
Parenting is hard.

[billkilpatrick]

get married, have kids
stop all that fooling around
"tell me what'd i say"

[Joe F]

Weird sitar-like buzz.
Question in "Builders" forum.
Buzz is gone -- thanks, guys!

[fatt-dad]

Competition reigns.
Limerick versus haiku.
A long way to go. . . . .

[billkilpatrick]

limericks are fun
as are celtic mandolins
puns and pints in pubs

[fatt-dad]

Haiku is loosing.
The pace of "limerick's" hot.
Will it last? Fatt chance!

[Joe F]

Calluses dissolved
after two-week Amtrak trip.
Coming back now. #Ouch!

[B. T. Walker]

Mandolin haiku
Creative juices flowing
Now I want to play

[JEStanek]

There once was a man
Who played mando sweetly
He made cool Haiku

Jamie

[B. T. Walker]

Mando limericks
Need many verses to catch
Mandolin haiku

[Django Fret]

Just remember this.
Mandolin Haiku has been
around much longer.

[B. T. Walker]

Limericks are old
Our grandfathers learned verses
From their grandfathers

Haiku is older
In both Japan and Cafe
Mando haiku rules

Once a man named Dave
Had a cave on Nantucket
Acoustics were great

[Ted Eschliman]

Haiku, Limerick.
Fun, but go together like
Fish and Bicycles.

[OdnamNool]

All is one, m'hack
Swim upstream, pedal uphill...
Drifting and coasting

[Joe F]

Fish analogy,
"Nail that Catfish to a Tree"
Old-timey standard.

[Keith Erickson]

My 12_String has dust
Don't play it as much no more
My 8_String's my lust

[Django Fret]

Haiku, Limerick.
Fun, but go together like
Fish and Bicycles.
Fish and Bikes go great!
Take a look at this Web site
for some examples.

http://www.fishonabike.com/writing.htm

[B. T. Walker]

The ones that you love
Sometimes keep you from playing
Mando when you'd like

The choice is not tough
Folks over mandolin, though
Wish I could do both

Patience, Grasshopper
There is time for both desires
Just not all at once
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[billkilpatrick]

ants and busy bees
hand me down my mandolin
grasshopper logic

[B. T. Walker]

I can hardly wait
Stealth green Emory Lester
Is in the home stretch

Excitement level
Gettin higher and higher
Green mando Christmas?

[B. T. Walker]

Early Sunday morn
"Blues Before Sunrise" playing
On the radio

Fun to jam along
With really serious blues
On my mandolin

Too late to play loud
Or I'll wake up my children
Shhh! #Use thumb as pick.

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[good_ol_al_61]

Eastman headstock thread
Does not affect my mando
Sounds nice without bling

[mandroid]

I play mando by ear.
my pick slips around a bit,
must be the ear wax.

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[billkilpatrick]

winter wet outside
scale practice by the window
cabin fever theme

[mad dawg]

New baby at home
Holiday houseguests abound
I miss my mando

[Django Fret]

Lyon and Healy.
Mandolin makers who knew
their A,B, and C’s.

[Dena Haselwander]

For my jr high mando group:

Those trouble makers!
Carol of the Bells to play;
Angels in disguise.

[billkilpatrick]

dmarie - that's good.

[Dena Haselwander]

billkilpatrick, thank you. I'm very proud of this group of kids. The mandolins were a bribe last year to help keep them out of trouble in school. They've gone from banging each other over the head with them and endless versions of Smoke on the Water (arrgghh) to a very lovely version of the Bell Carol that we'll perform next week. God bless 'em!

[fatt-dad]

Self-imposed exile
Learning new tunes every week
Missed my ‘Café friends. . . .

Lurking to amuse.
Pancake, haiku, give-aways
What strings are the best?

Here is something fun.
I built a mean wash-tub bass.
Gave it to my son.

Merry Christmas folks!
Hibernation’s one more month.
Then I’ll post some more.

[bluegrassplayer]

Here's one...

Three Kings, First Noel
Christmas songs with funky chords
How I miss Monroe

[mandopete]

Christmas time's comming
Christmas time's comming and I
Know I'm going home.

[Joe F]

Odd Fellows Hall jam,
Appalachian old-time tunes,
perfect acoustics.

[JEStanek]

Snow falling like Picks
Jumping from my hand to floor.
To hyper at jam.

Solstice night, dark night
Begins winter of Mando
Old Time quiet nights

Jamie

[Django Fret]

Two thousand and six.
Resolve to play more and buy
fewer mandolins.

[Dena Haselwander]

Oh, to own them all;
Sweet bell tones, loud twangy chops--
Lottery ticket?

[Django Fret]

But where to put them?
Lots of mandolins have been
made over the years…

[Dena Haselwander]

With "pick five" lotto
The world could be my storage--
Billions to be had!

[billkilpatrick]

where is bad fatt-dad?
ain't no peace in the barnyard ...
a no-clue haiku

[Dena Haselwander]

Who is bad fatt-dad?
A "sugar-daddy"? (one hopes...)
"Baby" gets mandos!

[Django Fret]

Go back in Haiku.
Thread postings hold the answer
to many questions.

[daisygirl]

Sad but true:

first time restringing
i do not have enough hands
both e strings went "sproing"

[billkilpatrick]

shops in the valley
easy does it daisy girl
footsteps in the snow

[Dena Haselwander]

Went back in haiku;
Sorry I maligned your name
Fatt-dad--apology?

[B. T. Walker]

Mandolin haiku
Is my one hundredth posting
Think I'll play a song

[billkilpatrick]

mandolin in hand
ebay mandola on screen
what is happiness?

[Fred_Murtz]

I play my mando
The wife and kids run away
Bluegrass drives them nuts

[Fred_Murtz]

I play my fiddle
The wife and kids all say
Please play the mando

[reindoggy]

I plink the mando
by flickering TV light
and wife's eyes cold glare.

Cowed, I crawl away.
Cold, windowless cellar room;
Spiders don't complain.

Though I have noticed ,
The house has been totally
Mouse free when I play.

[billkilpatrick]

whew ... that was great - cinematic, even.

[Joe F]

"Blackberry Blossom"
Tough to keep up in a jam
when it's played too fast.

[OdnamNool]

Placid, colourless
Coward crawls, swims, silently
Revealing nothing.

WOOT!

[billkilpatrick]

toe tapping hubby
recollects their favorite song
soothing savage spouse

[billkilpatrick]

remember darling ...
"shimmy shimmy coco pop"
sweaty in the gym

[Joe F]

Gibson ad in frame,
Closest I will ever come
to owning a Loar.

[Dena Haselwander]

Mandolin/Mahler;
My soul overflows its banks...
My heart too wounded.

[Mark Walker]

Kitten wandered past
While I played my mandolin
Now I have a cat!

Play my mandolin
Outside on my sunny deck
Watch horses stampede

Play my VIOLIN
Out on my same sunny deck
Neighbors' cows go dry

I would like to know
Why does annoying cat stay
I can't make him leave

My mandolin gives
joy to me when I play it
But not most critters

[daisygirl]

Yep, the dog runs off
Whimpers at the awful noise
But the cats just glare

[good_ol_al_61]

Twenty-eight days left
Rhonda's cruise is now in sight
Bluegrass all night long

Eastman's are packed tight
Extra strings are in the case
Sheet music in tow

Wife is excited
Good times are in store for us
Making memories

Making time pass fast
Picked until midnight last night
Carrol Clements shines

[fatt-dad]

One day I will learn. . .
To play it and not collect.
It just takes more work.

[fatt-dad]

Has it been three months?
Vintage Gibson prices fly.
Right along with time. . . .

[Mark Walker]

Snowstorm howls outside
So I play my mandolin
Wife says go shovel
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[otterly2k]

Welcome back fatt-dad!
Haiku has suffered for your
long time off the boards.

[fatt-dad]

Have you all forgot-
en how to write haiku in
the correct structure?

(oh and thanks!)

[Mark Walker]

Wife is shopping now
I should be playing mando
But I surf Cafe'

[stevem]

She whispers, "plectrum."
No, he demands, call it, "pick!"
Silent, the tortoise.
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[B. T. Walker]

Woke up too early
Mandolin lullaby sounds
Going back to sleep

[fatt-dad]

Record-setting price!
They're just not made anymore!
HOW DOES IT SOUND THOUGH?

[B. T. Walker]

Bluegrass jam last night
Got some great tips for improv
Ready to jam more

[Kirby161]

I'm drunk and pickin'
Jack Daniels and Bill Monroe
enlighten, inspire

[Mark Walker]

Got to play on stage
Invited by the house band
Wife walk'd out on me
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[Dena Haselwander]

Midnight--strings ringing,
Dark sky lightens with laughter,
Stars dancing a jig.

[Carter]

I play mandolin
Dog stares at mando and growls,
Poor dog my friends say

I try tune again
Hear high lonesome canine howl,
Tortured animal?

[B. T. Walker]

Singing canines howl
Mandolin accompaniment
Howling sounds sweeter

My old wiener dog
Howled with virtuosity
Whenever I played
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[ira]

writing a new tune
mandolin with righteous sound
powers words to match

[ira]

blues flow through my heart
then swirl round my head before
fingers and voice shout

[Dena Haselwander]

ira, I really like the "blues" haiku.

[ira]

how nice,thanks alot!

[billkilpatrick]

reaching geezer age
where dropping dead is normal
must learn one hornpipe

[JimRichter]

Wonderful Cafe
place for all things mandolin
watch out for the trolls

[Hondo]

I saw Marshall and
Thile on Saturday night.
25/16?

Yes, that's right. One piece
was in 25/16.
'Twas otherworldly!

[fatt-dad]

Pentatonic scales.
Two-hundred beats per minute.
Learning a new break.

[JimRichter]

Another Haiku
As witty as the last one
When will it all end?

[fatt-dad]

Twenty-three snakehead.
User ID kept private.
Sound familiar?

[fatt-dad]

Music by Monroe.
A mixmaster melody.
Blues and Old-Time tunes.

[stevem]

A new Loar unearthed,
the Cafe's abuzz with glee.
Am I, are you, next?

[B. T. Walker]

Four strings, four letters
How 'bout six strings, six letters
Eight strings, eight letters

[Mark Walker]

Find I cannot play
Mandolin too well at all
Sell Silver Angel? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[B. T. Walker]

Sell Silver Angel?
You'll regret it if you do.
Learn with quality.

[reindoggy]

Mando sounds wool stuffed.
I seem to have invented
Belly Mute Technique!

[fatt-dad]

I'm in a blue funk.
I practice to get better.
Then I hear a pro. . . . .

[otterly2k]

Reindoggy, you did
NOT invent Belly Muting.
Tone-Gard is the key!
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[B. T. Walker]

Without internet
Writing mandolin haiku
Is impossible

The boss will be glad
When my laptop is repaired
Work at work; no play

[B. T. Walker]

Memo to daughter
Bed is not a trampoline
When laptop's on edge

You don't miss a thing
Until it's no longer there
I'm internet spoiled

Glad to be able
To write mandolin haiku
After laptop "crashed"

[yann-ber]

South of equator,
do the scrolls on mandolins
go counter-clockwise?


Wary family cat
sniffs the mando cautiously.
"Are those strings of gut?"

unfortunatly i'm french... (will you ever forgive me?).
i love haiku, i write a lot in french and britonic, but my english is far too rinky dinky for this. nevertheless, i can read .. and lemme tell you, your haiku are just great.
warm congratulations

[B. T. Walker]

South of equator
Hurricanes rotate clockwise
Don't know about scrolls

[Neil Gladd]

Recovered from MAS
Just when you think that it's safe
Snakehead in the grass

[Joe F]

Haikus from the past
brought back from dusty archives.
Oui, merci, yann-ber!

[fatt-dad]

What are common chords?
A maj. drift from the post.
Some things never change.

[fatt-dad]

Old-time etiquette.
What instrument is loudest?
Let's all take a break.

[fatt-dad]

Too many makers?
Gibson moving to Japan?
Scribed by April fools.

[Django Fret]

Pro Bass Mandolins.
Another fine example
of April Fooling.

[fatt-dad]

Avoiding practice.
Sanding on my IV kit.
One day I'll finish.

[B. T. Walker]

"Variations on
A Korean Folk Song" plays
Nicely on mando

[Dena Haselwander]

Irreverent thought
At church--"Jesus would've liked
This hymn on mando..."



Dena Haselwander

[fatt-dad]

Warmth, the shining sun.
Flying notes from fingertips.
Pleasures of my life.

[mandopete]

Cafe Classifieds.....
What is a mother to do?
I don't want Scott's job!

[Jim MacDaniel]

My old fur is shed
Gone is my canine handle
I'm no longer mad

[mandopete]

No more Mad Dawg, eh...
What is this world comming to?
The change is constant!


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[Django Fret]

Thanks to old Mad Dawg.
He restarted this thread of
Mandolin Haiku.

[Jim MacDaniel]

With new son came change
Rebirth of self and music
New focus on roots

[mandopete]

Hey Jim - I hear ya there. Here's one that was inspired by one of my dad's favorite sayings....

I've got three myself...
Little kids, little problems,
Big kids, big problems!

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[Jim MacDaniel]

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[fatt-dad]

Flatiron Archive.
History from Montana.
A grass-roots project.

[B. T. Walker]

Viva Fiesta!
Party San Antonio!
Let the good times roll!

Post Oyster Bake Bash,
I'm taking my mandolin
To jam with the band.

[B. T. Walker]

Mad Dawg, jimmacd
Legend mandolin haiku
Whatever the name

[B. T. Walker]

Nine hundred haiku
All mandolin related
What an achievement

[Jim MacDaniel]

New baby in house
Constant demand on Dad's time
Lonely mandolin http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[mandopete]

Rock-a-bye baby,
The mandolin's quiet now...
but not for too long!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Can't wait for the time
When dad and son are jamming:
Looking for Kid-Mo

[fatt-dad]

"A Place In The Heart"
MandolinCafe theme song
Learn to play it well

[fatt-dad]

cafe mp3s
humbling experience
like a genré tour

[Dena Haselwander]

School board meeting--my
Mando-boys whisper "Play good!
They give us money!"


Dena

My mandolin barks
My dog sings
What the hell am I saying?

[Dena Haselwander]

Jimmy Moon Mando
I truly can say--"My dog's
Howling at the Moon."

Dena

[Joe F]

Getting pretty good
picking breaks in G or D.
Switching to B? %$&#!

[fatt-dad]

Fake peghead label.
Turns Loar into Kentucky.
Safe from 20 ft.

[ApK]

Four courses, eight strings.
It takes me too long to tune.
But it's worth the time.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Why eight strings you ask?
'Cause it doubles your chances
One will be in tune

[fatt-dad]

Eight-string investment
My entertainment center
And rainy day fund.

[Joe F]

Tuesday old-time jam,
Acoustics of old dance hall
Make those eight strings sing.

[Mark Walker]

The passion is gone
Loaned mando to real picker
Maybe I should sell...

[fatt-dad]

Mandochondriac.
Strings, tuners, finish, tailpiece?
Frets about it all.

[Joe F]

Grass is three feet high.
Yard work beckons. Should I mow?
Nope! "Rawhide" needs work.

[Mark Walker]

Grass is three feet high?
Buy a couple of heifers
Play that mandolin

[Dena Haselwander]

"Mandochondriac"-- http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif That's terrific!!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Grass is three feet high?
Rather than buying cattle
Rent a herd of goats

[mandopete]

Blue grass three feet high...
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.
John Deere is nearby!

[Dena Haselwander]

Lightning halts mower--
"Thunder and Lightning Polka"
On mando instead.

[B. T. Walker]

Thunder and lightning
Gently rumble and flicker
Through soft mando notes

[fatt-dad]

Cigar and wingtips
Something else is missing though. . . .
Mandolin music.

[OdnamNool]

Crashing, Zolt, BAH BOOM!
Roaring Rumble BUILDS KA-PLOOM!
Through harsh mando notes. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[B. T. Walker]

Wild weather inspires
Thundering mandolin chords
Lightning fast fingers

[Dena Haselwander]

Sunday at long last,
Contests done--smiles and medals
Monday...such great kids!

[B. T. Walker]

Congrats dmarie
In only four or five weeks
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[Dena Haselwander]

Thanks, Brian.

3 weeks!!! First a concert to show off the fruits of our fund-raiser--an electric fiddle and a mandobird (won't my principal be thrilled) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif


Dena

[Joe F]

Jamming in the park,
Lots of people stopped to hear.
Whew! No rotten fruit!

[B. T. Walker]

Sleepover Friday
Plinky mando not allowed
Says the birthday girl

Eleven years old
If she wants to see twelve years
Learn to like mando

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[Jim MacDaniel]

Like piercing echos
Across a fog shrouded lake
Fatt Dad's Pancake sings

[JEStanek]

What does she sound like?
Wind chimes gently stirred sweetly
By breath of angels.

When I play it's more of a burp... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Jamie

[fatt-dad]

Cross pollination.
Pancake echos to haiku.
Mist upon a pond.

[TinaBee1]

Wow the Dawg Grisman
Fingers flying rapidly
Virtuoso man

[Jim MacDaniel]

Home from work today
Babysitting young Aidan
Eight string lullaby

[Dena Haselwander]

Sad summer faces--
Some head to homes of unrest
Clutching school mandos.

[B. T. Walker]

Mandolin music
Cooling the hot summer days
Gives rest to many

[Joe F]

Bluegrass or old-time,
Debates sound like Gibson wars.
To me, it's all good.

[fatt-dad]

My 12-step program.
I just don't know the fretboard.
Acknowledge problem.

[mandolooter]

its been so long since I wrote one...lets see what I come up with today, thats the coolest thing about Haiku's

morning came too soon
a late night with my best friend
now she's in the case...

ok Im keeping my day job...lol!

[Django Fret]

ok Im keeping my day job...lol!
Don't quit the day job.
Not possible to be a
Mando Haiku pro.

[Dena Haselwander]

Pick sliding sideways,
Tone annoying the crickets--
Scritch, scritch on the strings.


Dena

[musical mama]

Landscaping has been killing me;
I need to practice mando.....
too tired!!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif

[Jim MacDaniel]

Memorial Day
A long weekend in the states
Three days for eight strings

[TinaBee1]

"three days for eight strings" - love that!
=^,,^=
That mandolin cat
scratching on the strings
find me some rythmn

[Ted Eschliman]

Extra daylight now;
Calendar says Solstice near.
Windows open late.

The "din" of summer:
Suburban lawnmowers join
Porch mandolinning..

[Dena Haselwander]

Neighbors phone police,
Want mowing, not mando, sounds--
Sigh...go find the scythe.



Dena

[Django Fret]

Neighbors phone police,
Want mowing, not mando, sounds--
Sigh...go find the scythe.



Dena
With neighbors like that,
you should probably call a
Real Estate agent.

[Dena Haselwander]

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Dena

[GTG]

just discovered thread
three years of mando-ku posts
two hours of laughter!

[GTG]

tried a proud Collings
perfect tone, wistful yearning
downpayment? mando?

[Dena Haselwander]

Placed mando on stand,
Fired up mower...from next door,
The sound of applause.


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Don't try this at home
Fire up mower next door with
Molotov cocktail

[Scott Tichenor]

Placed mando on stand,
Fired up mower...from next door,
The sound of applause.


Dena
This one strikes me as a very fine piece of writing. Sure I've missed other many great ones. Have decided to add this one to the best of Mandolin Cafe haiku (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/haiku.html).

[Django Fret]

Congratulations!
Best of Mandolin Cafe
Haiku for Dena.

[fatt-dad]

Memorial Day.
Camping trip with mandolin.
Just like years gone by. . . .

[Dena Haselwander]

Wow! I'm glad I took a break from painting my music room (a lovely shade called Celery Stick, as is now half my keyboard..)--thank you, Mr. Tichenor; that is quite an honor.

Everyone have a long, lovely weekend. Happy playing!

Dena

[TinaBee1]

woke up at 4am-way too early-and this popped into my head.Can you tell I'm a frustrated beginner?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Where's that darn music?
Hiding in my mandolin
My fingers can't coax it out

[OdnamNool]

Placed mando on stand,
Fired up mower...from next door,
The sound of applause.


Dena
This one strikes me as a very fine piece of writing. Sure I've missed other many great ones. Have decided to add this one to the best of Mandolin Cafe haiku (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/haiku.html).
Traditionally
(INCOMING! The Spoi-ul-ur)
Haiku rules are strict

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[Gerry Tenney]

Mandolin needs help!
GG DD AA E.
An eleven please.

Gerry Tenney

[Joe F]

Soon-to-be ex-wife
puts new mando dreams on hold.
(Alimony checks).

[B. T. Walker]

After the divorce
Shop-a-holic ex-wife gone
Mando money here

[Dena Haselwander]

From a woman's side--
Left mean tightwad loser; Now...
Mando-mania!


Dena

[TinaBee1]

Life can be so hard
Rid of mean mando hater?
Way to go girlfriend!

[Ted Eschliman]

Admits, "without wife,
M.A.S. would go unchecked."
Pickin' in "Poorhouse!"

[Jim MacDaniel]

A bittersweet cure
For living with MAS:
Living with a spouse

[Joe F]

Mandos and divorce;
I seem to have struck a chord
in the Haiku thread.

[Dena Haselwander]

Form a support group?
"Hello, my name is Dena,
A mandivorcee..."

[mandopete]

Think the mandolin
Is too much for a marriage?
Could be a banjo!

[Django Fret]

One more reason why.
It's so important to pick
the right one for you.

[Dena Haselwander]

If I would have picked
A husband like I can pick
A mando--oh, well....

Dena

[Scott Tichenor]

Divorce. Hundred "K"
Could have bought a Loar, but still
Best purchase ever

[Dena Haselwander]

God must shake His head--
"Look at them; I give them mates--
They choose mandolins..."

Dena

[Django Fret]

Quite the contrary.
God gives them mandolins but
they choose the spouses.

[Dena Haselwander]

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Dena

[B. T. Walker]

It's an old riddle:
Why does divorce cost so much?
Because it's worth it.

The Lord understands
If there's no mando content.
Will Mr. Tichenor?
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[fatt-dad]

This is not haiku.
Running thoughts of mandolins
Onto the next line. . . .

[JEStanek]

Round and round tonight
The contra caller moves me
The mando whips on...

Jamie

[B. T. Walker]

Haiku rules are strict
Freeform haiku is less so
Mandolins welcome

[Dale Ludewig]

Boards to Mandolins,
Grass growing by the highway,
What extreme pleasure.

[Django Fret]

Mandolins to Boards.
Internet super-highway,
opens up new worlds.

[mandopete]

Speaking of bored....
There hasn't been much conflict
Lately on the board

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[Jim MacDaniel]

God must shake His head--
"Look at them; I give them mates--
They choose mandolins..."

Dena
LOL!

[fatt-dad]

Rockin' on Monroe.
Powerchords and Bluegrass tunes.
Time to get even!

[musical mama]

New King Brown arm rest,
looks cool; feels great...
can't blame numb arm for bad playing.

[fatt-dad]

Pickin' on front porch.
Entertaining neighborhood.
No complaints (well yet. . . .)

[JEStanek]

You might as well jump
on the bandwagon, yeah jump.
Van Halen bluegrass

[B. T. Walker]

Sleeping stray kitten
Found on sidewalk this morning
Now purrs on my lap

How different its fate
Violin strings on the hoof
Way back in the day

[mandolooter]

the G D A E
All the notes I'll ever need
taste timing and tone

[Dena Haselwander]

Okie wedding: no
Mando, bride enters to strains
Of Willie Wonka...


Dena

[TinaBee1]

bluegrass by the lake
breezes bring mando music
face hurts from smiling!

[B. T. Walker]

As the sky pinkens
On a quiet Sunday morn
A mandolin plays

[TinaBee1]

Pink sky in morning
All sailors take the warning
I'm playing mando http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Dena Haselwander]

Newly adopted
Labrador grins; mandolin--
What a great chew toy.

Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Labrador taste test:
Spruce can taste like turpentine,
But maple tastes sweet.

[Django Fret]

Dogs that chew mandos.
Are as bad as cats that use
them for scratching posts!

[Dena Haselwander]

E-string tremolo--
Great labrador deterrent;
Mandolin now safe.

Dena

[Ted Eschliman]

Dogs chew frets with teeth?
Not always! Some Dawgs rip 'em
With Pentatonics...

[fatt-dad]

Buying a guitar.
Depletes my mandolin fund.
Time to save again. . . . .