Mando-inspired Haiku

[B. T. Walker]

One thousand and one
Though not all are poetry
Mando Haiku rules

Fatt-dad writes "milestone"
A fine mandolin haiku
Anniversary

[B. T. Walker]

Broiling summer heat
A sweet, bluesy mandolin
Everything seems cool

[B. T. Walker]

Happy Fathers Day
Daddy's day to be lazy
Picking mandolin

[musical mama]

Father's Day gift...
t-bone steak, berry cobbler...
and no mando practice!

[B. T. Walker]

Good excuse or not
Airplanes will not wait for you
When you are tardy
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The silver lining --
Twenty-four extra hours
To play mandolin
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[Jim MacDaniel]

Gold plated diapers
Explore the studio space
More cowbell, babies!

[Dena Haselwander]

Wall of mandolins
Beckons, tempts me through the glass--
Why oh why can't I?

Dena

[TinaBee1]

My new cat Duffey
He's a Country Gentleman
Plays mouse, not mando

[TinaBee1]

"Why oh why Can't I?"
somewhere over the rainbow
free mandos for all!

Thanks Dena :>

[Ted Eschliman]

(Speaking of rainbows...)

Nothing trumps picking.
Compulsive concentration,
Nothing else matters.

(View: Picking up a storm (http://jazzmando.com/images/PicknBerksSm.jpg))

[Dena Haselwander]

Heaven, hopefully--
God will smile, hand me a Loar,
Say "Bill's over there..."

-or-


Heaven, hopefully--
God will smile, hand me a Strad,
Say "Bach's over there..."

Dena

[Jim MacDaniel]

Denegrating posts:
Irish Mandolin CD
It's a small eWorld



More due diligence
Less critiquing of others
Less crow in diet

[musical mama]

A Fourth of July assignment:
patriotic songs...
chord, lead, and fill. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/unclesam.gif

[Dena Haselwander]

Making my own strap,
Trying spiral braid--leather
Goes out the window!

Dena

[TinaBee1]

encouraging words
"you done good" from the teacher
sweet balm to my soul

[Dena Haselwander]

4th concert over,
Violin in case, mando
Is back on the stand.




Dena

[Joe F]

Backyard old-time jam;
Neighbor and his fireworks
drown out mando sounds.

[B. T. Walker]

Reggae mandolin
Playing on beats two and four
Irie, no problem

[Dena Haselwander]

Cajun mandolin,
Playing on beats two and four,
AII-EEE--Jolie Blon...


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Mandolins waltzing
Playing on beats two and three
While the dancers twirl

[Dena Haselwander]

Anvil cloud in sky,
Lightning; fingers jealously
Attempt to keep up.


Dena

[Joe F]

Divorce is final.
Alimony shatters MAS
indefinitely.

Picking soothes the soul.
Emotional upheaval
Eased by 8-string tunes.

Lots of old-time jams.
New friends, new tunes, new outlook.
Moved on -- life is good.

It seems like there is a theme running through these....

A mandolin or a wife
The mandolin sings
It does not nag

[B. T. Walker]

Mandolin and spouse
Although both of them can sing
Mandolins don't nag

[otterly2k]

Your mandolin won't
love you or share burdens like
a partner in life.

When your wife nags you,
you know she's probably right.
Grow up already.

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mando is great but
no substitute for human.
Perspective, please, folks...

Mandolins
I've owned many
Who is keeping count?

I've had two wives
One that left me
And one that won't

[B. T. Walker]

First, five syllables
Second, seven syllables
Third, five more again

Bad relationships
Aren't caused by mandolins
But other factors

Folks marry wishes
Searching for the civilized
Emotion of love

[TinaBee1]

mando-ology
advanced study of mando
want to pass the class!

[Dena Haselwander]

"Progressive" etudes--
Woe is me when the first one
Is already hard....


Dena (tryin' to practice with a straight face; ca-thunk,
twang, clunk, thud)

[B. T. Walker]

Texas sun blazes
Sip a cold Dr. Pepper
Play some mandolin

[Dena Haselwander]

Callouses shredding
On sweat-rimmed strings--pretty bronze
Now shades of gray/brown.



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Whirring cicadas
Mandolin accompanies
Grasshopper fiddles

[Dena Haselwander]

Hot night, hot mandos--
Latino music incites
Even greater heat.


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Appreciation --
When the kitten licks your nose,
You have a true fan. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

(Alternate last line: "You have a booger.") http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Dena Haselwander]

Dogs lay like roadkill--
Sudden mando chord; Huskies
Can howl a high D...


Dena

[TinaBee1]

Dena and Altair
your haikus make me chuckle
thank you for the smile:)

[fatt-dad]

Fireflys and bats.
Mandolin on the front porch.
Welts on ankles.

[Dena Haselwander]

Class clown always lurks,
Hides behind mando; Tina's
Laughter sweet reward.



Thanks!

Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Kittens and puppies
Cool cats and a grateful Dawg
Inspire mandolins.

[fatt-dad]

Raster or Vector?
Quest for AutoCadd Mandolin File.
High Technology!

[Dena Haselwander]

Air like wet blankets,
Oklahoma porch pickers
Give up on tuning...


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Air like wool blankets
Rain drops six inches apart
Mandos need moisture.

[fatt-dad]

Mando likes A.C.
Fruit flys like a bananna.
Ode to Groucho Marx.

[B. T. Walker]

I love my mando
But I take it off my lap
Every so often.

[fatt-dad]

Mando likes A.C.
Fruit flys like a bananna.
Ode to Groucho Marx.
(Ode to Groucho V. 2.0)

Time flies like pickin'
Fruit flies like a banana.
Ode to Groucho Marx.

[fatt-dad]

Collaboration. . . .
Spell it rigbt, seven beats please.
Ode to Altair. Thanks!

[JEStanek]

Eastman coming up
Draelon making a new splash
Gibson is still safe.

Jamie

[fatt-dad]

Heading to the beach.
Baby guitar tuned in fouths.
Mandolin in fifths.

But, will they stay there?
Machines seize in salty air.
Modal tunes don't care.

[B. T. Walker]

Fatt-dad poem chimes
"There, air, care" -- same sound three times
Mando haiku rhymes!

[Dena Haselwander]

Low notes shivering,
Strange sadness in these gray clouds.
Do mandolins cry?


Dena

[stevem]

Prisons, terror, war.
I walk the cedar forest,
composing choro.

[TinaBee1]

I'm mando-centric
all things mando all the time
was that a web ad?

[TinaBee1]

Virginia Sunday
air so humid it's blue
sweat on the mando

[Steve Davis]

In echoing air
during the darkness of night
mandolins can cry.

[B. T. Walker]

Charlie Derrington
Gibson master luthier
Living with angels

[Joe F]

The mandolin world
Has lost a bright, shining star.
Rest in peace, Charlie.

[TinaBee1]

Perfect instruments
Play Derrington and Monroe
God's own mando band

[fatt-dad]

Building mandolins.
A Derrington legacy.
May God rest his soul.

[B. T. Walker]

The most enduring
Memorial to a friend
More and more music

[Jim MacDaniel]

Killarney Forest
High above from Lady's View
Great mandolin spot

[B. T. Walker]

A mandolin plays
On the Street of the Rose Trees
A dark, gypsy tune

[Dena Haselwander]

New ukulele--
Across the room, evil hum
From the mandolin.


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Happy mandolin
Side-by-side comparison
Ukulele "plinks".

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[mandroid]

A drunk in the lane
Goes the wrong way down the road
a taxi ride saves lives

[Dena Haselwander]

Hula lula lei,
Grass-skirted mando yearns for
A brand new owner.....


Dena

[caddy jim]

In heaven
Jerry play's Blue Moon with Bill
As Dawg's mando gently weeps down here:(

[Jim MacDaniel]

Nice Aussie Shiraz
Recent tasting favorite:
All-around best whine http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[B. T. Walker]

New star in the east
Rigel setting in the west
It's the world that turns

[fatt-dad]

Jazzy mandolins.
In a rainbow of colors.
A thing of the past.

[TommyK]

Mando inspired tomes
God!, will it never end?
I going home now.

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[Dena Haselwander]

As long as we breathe
Forming words to praise mandos
It will never end.


Dena

[fatt-dad]

In Mid-Missouri.
We hail the simplicity.
First-time mandolin.

[B. T. Walker]

Right behind my desk
A freshly set up mando
School starts on Monday

Double entendre
The class joker might catch it
It's a black Johnson
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[Dena Haselwander]

Racial epithet--
Principal lurks behind door...
Lawsuit! Lawsuit! Help!

[B. T. Walker]

Call union lawyer
Then show him the black Johnson
Is it frivilous?

[Dena Haselwander]

School union rep sez:
"Good thing mandolin is small--
Will fit through cell bars..."



Dena

[Mando-Loon]

I wish I was home
playing my fair mandolin
but i am at work.

[fatt-dad]

I'm clicking away.
Missing music in my house.
Time to practice now.

[B. T. Walker]

My mandolin's tune
Is "Happy Birthday to You"
On my daughter's day.

[Magnus Geijer]

Designing new bridge
Curly maple keeps breaking
I need stainless steel!

[TinaBee1]

the new Dawg music
the Bluegrass Experience
play all the day long!

[Mando-Loon]

I have three cats here
Only two run when I play
Think other is deaf

[Mando-Loon]

Now I am at home
I could play my Epiphone
Why am I online?

[Dena Haselwander]

Mandobird screaming,
Other teachers glaring--Glad
I'm in the basement....



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

It's Saturday night
And I ain't got nobody
I got some money

'Cause I just got paid
I wish someone to talk to
Met along the way

Haiku make me yearn
To crank up the stereo
Solo mando jam

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[TinaBee1]

my Saturday night
is just the same as yours but
bluegrass on the web

[Dena Haselwander]

Blue lightning sizzles,
Green clouds leer menacingly--
Scared mando stays mute...


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Johnny Cash crying
Sunday Morning Coming Down
My mandolin weeps

[Dena Haselwander]

Mariachi Mass,
Children miming mandolins,
Jumping in the pews.

[fatt-dad]

Historic moment.
One-hundred-eighty-five "K".
Today's price of Loar.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Telecommuter
From my home office each day
Mandolin beckons

[B. T. Walker]

Daughter's sleepover
Instead of flattop mando
Dad whips up pancakes

[TinaBee1]

Pancakes made by Pop
A memory to cherish
No one closer than Dad

[Mark Walker]

Mandolin's on loan
Indefinitely I fear
No desire to play... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[fatt-dad]

Ode to Ernesto.
Wife and daughter out of town.
How I spent my time.

Accompaniment.
The whirring generator.
With front porch pickin'.

fatt dark-in-richmond-without-hot-water dad

(note: edited after my shower - power's back on, 44-hours later. . . . )

[B. T. Walker]

Pancakes rejected
Chorizo and egg tacos
Mexican breakfast

Background mando tune
Some "Cielito Lindo"
Por desayuno

[Dena Haselwander]

After Sunday Mass
"La Macarena"--food and
Mariachi? Si!


Dena
(/)==++

[B. T. Walker]

In the USA
Labor Day isn't May first
Enjoy today off

My poor mandolin
Beaten like a rented mule
Gets no holiday

[stevem]

A clever image:
"Beaten like a rented mule"
Funny bone tickled...
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[Joe F]

Four jams this weekend!
Three old-time and one bluegrass.
Fingers glad but sore.

[Dena Haselwander]

Student leaves fiddle
In ditch three days; wants to play
Mando?? I think NOT!!

(very annoyed) Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Was violin soaked
After three days in the ditch?
Were you blessed by drought?

After carelessness
From hopeful mando student
Nothing but Dust Bowl.
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[Dena Haselwander]

Tho' rainy, fiddle
Fine--money well-spent on case...
You mean dust bowl-back?

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Dena

[Ted Eschliman]

Contrary to myth,
It rains in Oklahoma
"Sooner" or later...

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[Dena Haselwander]

"Cowboy up" buddy--
Pistol Pete fans darkly lurk,
Swinging mean mandos...


Dena (neither a Sooner or a Cowboy grad)

[Joe F]

Colonoscopy.
"Can I play my mando, doc?"
"Sorry, no. #Say 'cheese!'"

[mandolooter]

simple 2 finger chord
sounds so very good 2 me
open strings ring on

[mandopete]

Festivals are done,
Now is the time to practice.
Ready for next year!

[ira]

tremolo sweetness
waves ebb and flow like oceans
sound soothing my soul

[mandolooter]

nice!

[fatt-dad]

Kids are back in school.
The leaves will soon fall from trees.
Back to the front porch.

[fatt-dad]

Take a heavy pick.
Seasoned with a real firm grip.
Play your mandolin!

[Dena Haselwander]

wind slightly cooler,
one yellow leaf--Vivaldi's
Autumn on mando...


Dena

[Jim MacDaniel]

Three months earlier
Vivaldi's lively Summer
Boy my wrist is tired

[B. T. Walker]

For Joe F:

Proctologist sees
Eye in the scope looking back.
"Please! You must trust me."

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Sorry no mando content

[Dena Haselwander]

And then comes Winter...
Notes of falling ice and snow,
Blizzard to the wrist.



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

This autumn Sunday
Football games move much faster
Playing mandolin

[fatt-dad]

Aged Engleman.
Yet another winter snow.
Scroll of the future.

f-d

[B. T. Walker]

The rain is falling
Parched summer earth drinks up drops
Mando out of tune

I'll sit on the porch
After the kids go to bed
To play in the cool

[Jim MacDaniel]

Then the Spring arrives
The lawn greening, trees budding
And the wrist thawing

[fatt-dad]

It's football season!
To practice on the sofa
When the porch freezes

[kvk]

Porch jam still goes on
The New England fall so nigh
Cold fingers sing true

[fatt-dad]

My fingerless gloves.
Extend the front porch season.
When chilly winds blow.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Le Quattro Stagioni:

Arrival of Spring:
The lawn greening, trees budding
And the wrist thawing

Then three months later
Lively exciting Summer
Leaves the wrist tired

wind slightly cooler,
one yellow leaf--Vivaldi's
Autumn on mando...

And then comes Winter...
Notes of falling ice and snow,
Blizzard to the wrist.

(Da capo)

~dmarie & jimmacd

[Dena Haselwander]

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We be cool!!



Dena

[Dena Haselwander]

Bernstein Bard Trio,
Glider, feet up, tea in hand--
School woes melt away.



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

A fall tradition -
Meet the parents night at school,
And I played mando.

[B. T. Walker]

Whee! It's the weekend
Mandolin playing outside -
Fall is in the air

[Dena Haselwander]

Ninety-three degrees,
Summer holding tight--hot wind
Sprays mando with grit...


Dena

[TinaBee1]

Mandolin nightmares
Teacher says "Did you practice?"
Oops I say - well some....

[Jim MacDaniel]

Non-standard finish
My campfire mandolin kit
<span style='color:red'>High gloss opaque red</span>

[fatt-dad]

The midst of sawdust.
A new mandolin takes form.
Winter's excitement!

[Dena Haselwander]

Why, why do we ask,
"Did you practice?"--the ear pain
Tells the whole story...

(with apologies to TinaBee)

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

[mandopete]

Cleaned up the office.
(It's in my house doncha know!)
It's time to practice.

[B. T. Walker]

Went to an auction
No Gibson '23 Loar
Sold from an attic

A plastic guitar
Abused by a loving child
Got five whole dollars

[TinaBee1]

No apology
you just must have heard me play
I pain my own ears!

[Joe F]

Weekly old-time jam.
Many fiddles, playing loud
Mask all my mistakes.

[B. T. Walker]

Be glad mandolins
Are not squeaking clarinets -
A punctured ear drum!

Now master of both -
How did Andy Statman sound
In the spring of youth?

[Jim MacDaniel]

A mind numbing pain
Emanating from my phone
Endless conference calls

[Dena Haselwander]

"Hey! What's your ring-tone?
(Smugly) Mozart? Bach?" I, uh,
Don't have a cell phone...

Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Occasionally
I feel I've been "wrenched and dreened" -
I love bluegrass jams.

[Dave Gumbart]

Joe F speaks the truth.
Though no old-time jam have I.
But, oh that I did.

Dave G

[Jim MacDaniel]

I, cell phone owner...
Luddite? No. Curmudgeon? Yes:
A ring-tone should ring ;)

[fatt-dad]

Tone Guard Beliver?
First play it without mistakes.
When volume matters.

[Dena Haselwander]

Dustbowl days redux--
Cherokee red dirt too thick;
No mando students.



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Equinox party -
Locked gates; no children allowed
Welcome cool weather.

Relax with a beer
Have a chat with good, old friends
Mando all weekend.

Flaming marshmallow
Atop a tequila shot -
What a tradition!

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[JEStanek]

Chiminea smokes
Mando strokes sweet ringing
Marshmallow grommets

Family fire night
Kids making s'mores so sticky
Mando rests for now.

Jamie

[fatt-dad]

Inspirational!
New mandolin lubricant.
Equinox beverage.

[Dena Haselwander]

Candy used for mute,
Jujube atop the bridge--
(fiddle, not mando...)



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

The tequila shot
And the flaming marshmallow -
What a great party!

Thunderstorms blew past
Just as the sun was setting -
God did the light show.

I was really thrilled -
I wasn't the lone mando
In a guitar herd.

[fatt-dad]

Glimps of the future.
Carbon fiber mandolin.
Playing in the rain.

[B. T. Walker]

When paid once a month
On the last working Friday -
Five-Friday months s--k.

So with this haiku
You know what tomorrow is -
Payday! It's payday!

Oktoberfest bier
Kick back with the mandolin -
Here's to you. Enjoy!

[Dena Haselwander]

Woe to this bride: no
Music, no CD, says "What...
You don't know that song?"



Dena

[Jim MacDaniel]

The tequila shot
And the flaming marshmallow -
What a great party!
The tequila shots
And flaming 151's
Somebody shoot me http://www.aceviper.net/smilies/smiley_drunk.gif

[Dena Haselwander]

I hug my mando
For comfort; 3 hour wedding,
And didn't get paid....


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

The tardy bell rang
Before the rising sun's light -
School starts too early.

It's an early start -
That means an early finish,
More mandolin time.

[TinaBee1]

It's a Bluegrass jam
trying to get up the nerve
to play not just watch

[B. T. Walker]

Technology fails
To make life seem easier --
Ah, simple mando.

[Naners]

Awesome poem!! I stink at writing those things!!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Ted Eschliman]

Quote The Graduate,
"Just one word for you: 'plastics.'"
Movie, now mando!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Vintage mandolin
Distracting me from new build
Mrs. Robinson!

[fatt-dad]

Mid-Mo joins Rigel.
Amid unanswered questions.
Who will build pancakes?

[DryBones]

Mid-Mo goes under.
Time will reveal the reason.
We should stop guessing.

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[Jim MacDaniel]

Who will build pancakes?
Well, any of us here can
Link (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Kits/Mandolin_Kits/Campfire_Mandolin_Kit.html) to Stew-Mac kit http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[B. T. Walker]

When a newbie asks,
What will be recommended
Now Mid-Mo is gone?

[Jim MacDaniel]

Some budget options:
Go used, or go Garrison (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=13;t=35542;st=0;r=1;&#entry449677)
Or some day Big Mu? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[B. T. Walker]

Hallowe'en jamming
Los dias de los muertos -
Minor key mando.

I've been working up
"Highway Cafe of the Damned" -
Austin Lounge Lizards.

[TinaBee1]

**warning -no mando content**

Happy Veterans Day-
Someone died for my freedom,
God bless you Vets!

[TinaBee1]

Version 1

Raking leaves, acorns
What a way to spend the day!
Rather play mando

Ver.2
Raking leaves, acorns
Such a useless endeavor,
hands hurt - can't fret notes

Ver.3
Raking leaves, acorns
what a way to spend the day
mind thinks of haikus:)

[fatt-dad]

Honduran Pancake.
A blue-water seranade.
Winter looms at home. . . .

[Jim MacDaniel]

Windy autumn day
Overcast and threatening
Great seisiun weather

[Jim MacDaniel]

MAS persists
With no budget for a fix
Santa please save me

[Dena Haselwander]

Usually brawlers,
Five boys strut their stuff...Girls love
Yule songs on mandos.



Merry Christmas!


dmarie

[billkilpatrick]

down and then up, up
while trying to go faster
i get cross, picking

[Mandojulie]

down and then up, up
while trying to go faster
i get cross, picking
Cool Haiku. One of the best.

[Jim MacDaniel]

down and then up, up
while trying to go faster
i get cross, picking
LOL!

[Ted Eschliman]

Equal Temperament...
Who'da thought? True, compelling
Issue to tune to!

[JEStanek]

Warm Christmas cookies
Calories fall like sweet chips
Chocolate toffee

Flatwounds on mando
like shining tinsel glowing
on my mando tree

Happy Holidays
Cheer and peace to the cafe'
Best wishes to you.

[fatt-dad]

Oh the lowly "A"
Missing the Florentine scroll
Best way to start though. . . . .

[B. T. Walker]

Christmas to New Year's...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
And then Auld Lang Syne.

[hanknc]

the house is busy
my bedroom door shuts
plink plink...

so many bills
the dog ate what?
Mississppi Sawyer...

[fatt-dad]

Compounding interest.
I need a mandolin now!
Kindness of strangers. . . .

[Dena Haselwander]

Christmas garage band,
Plugged-in fiddles blow away
Canned carols next door...




Dena

[fatt-dad]

Soaking black-eyed peas.
End to the Holiday week.
Calluses on break. . . .

[B. T. Walker]

Throw a ham hock in
The crock pot of black-eyed peas...
Serve with hot corn bread.

Without the black-eyes,
A silly superstition,
The New Year ain't right.

My neighbor wonders
As he hands out the music,
"What's 'Auld Lang Syne' mean?"

Cup of kindness raised?
Think of Charlie Darrington...
Take a taxi home.

[fatt-dad]

Buying mandolin
Beware of hyperbole
Just pick the best one. . . .

fatt inspiration-by-hanknc (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=13;t=39956;) dad

[JEStanek]

Dawg plays an Eastman
One song for Bernunzio
Much controversy.

I Play an Eastman
Same songs over and over
My wife says stop now

Jamie

[B. T. Walker]

Up way past bedtime
From a jam that wouldn't end...
Alarm turned up LOUD!

[TinaBee1]

jam past your bedtime?
oh sounds like heaven to me
worth losing some sleep http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[B. T. Walker]

First jam at Artz Ribs...
Run into an old school chum
Twenty-five years past.

Neither from Austin,
Both of us made special trips...
Now how cool is that?

[TinaBee1]

Haiku news! not sure how long this has been posted but Claire Lynch is having a bluegrass haiku contest
http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/claire-lynch-bluegrass-haiku-contest/
--let us know when one of you win!

[B. T. Walker]

The sun warmed the chill
From the winter morning air...
Time for porch pickin'!

[Jim MacDaniel]

A freshly drawn pint
Four pairs tuned in perfect fifths
A perfect pairing

[JEStanek]

Temperatures fall
Like a mando sans the strap
cold fingertip blues

[B. T. Walker]

Mandolins and beer
Sure can make a good weekend...
Can I start Thursday?

[fatt-dad]

Finally got an "F"
Waited 21 months though. . . .
Braided my last strap.

[TinaBee1]

Saturday night jam
Full moon in the cold night sky
bluegrass 'round the room

[justwrite]

I can't believe this
Thread older than my mando
And still going strong

[TinaBee1]

the power of words
like the power of music
can last forever

[B. T. Walker]

First, play some nine ball
Then play "Chopsticks" with sushi
Now, play mandolin

[B. T. Walker]

This Valentine's Day
I have only one true love
My sweet mandolin

[Dena Haselwander]

Bad grades--orchestra
Her only A..."experts" say:
"Take music away!"



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

"No pass, so no play"...
A tough, arbitrary rule
With no exceptions.

No Child Left Behind
Weapons of Mass Destruction...
And you trust experts?

[Jim MacDaniel]

Our Haiku forum
Civil remnant of our old...
Internet Cafe http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Django Fret]

Our Haiku forum
Civil remnant of our old...
Internet Cafe http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
That is oh, so true...
Please keep politics out of
last surviving thread.

[fatt-dad]

CNC Machine.
Automatic mandolin.
Is it authentic?

fatt finding-politics-elsewhere dad

[B. T. Walker]

I'll try to stick to
Mandolin haiku content
Free from politics

I pulled the trigger...
A carbon fiber A-4
Heads my direction.

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[Dena Haselwander]

Three weeks! then days free,
An old Gibson A tempts me--
Hmm...will spring break me?



Dena
(also refraining from politics)

[JEStanek]

Red State or Blue State
When we talk mandos
We can all be friends.

[TinaBee1]

I got spring fever
want a 'bluegrass mandolin'
Hmm- which one to buy??!!

[Mark Walker]

Watching the snow fall
Can't even get to where my
Mandolin is at...

Blizzards can be fun
Snug and warm with wife at home
Mandolin can wait. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[JEStanek]

Hoping for clear skies
Thile in Philly tonight
Inspiration comes

[Jim MacDaniel]

I'll try to stick to
Mandolin haiku content
Free from politics
No harm foul, but
There is a safe place to vent
At HaikuMaker (http://haikumaker.com) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[B. T. Walker]

No apologies...
Mandolin haiku fun here
Politics elsewhere.

To change a light bulb,
How many mando pickers?
One...poked fingers, though.

[Dena Haselwander]

Change a light bulb? Huh?
I'm proof mando-pickers are
Always in the dark....



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Dena

[JEStanek]

Thile Show awesome
Had Magical Bunny ride
Now must buy tone bear

Jamie

[Jim MacDaniel]

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

[JEStanek]

I'll try to do this in haiku

Label required
Magical bunny Rides get
Called Eleventh Reel

Gift of teddy bear
Sutton stuffed in Thile's hood
Birth of the tone bear.

OK horrible haikus.. Great show.

Jamie (sorry for overt inside haiku jokes) (They will play Sellersville Theater this June(ish)

Edit: add photo of magical bunny ride http://myspace-215.vo.llnwd.net/01246/51/20/1246810215_m.jpg

[TinaBee1]

Next thing to study -
Tremolo - will it kill me?!
Can't relax my wrist!

[Dena Haselwander]

Practice tremolo
In the bathroom--the echoes
Will double your speed... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif





Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Standardized testing...
Boring to take; worse to watch
Students take the test

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Only mandolin,
Picking songs for hours and hours,
Made me feel better

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[B. T. Walker]

Good friends and music
All-weekend picking party...
What could be more fun?

[Keely]

Mandos on eBay...
Will the Buy It Now option
Cure my M.A.S.??? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[mandopete]

Probably not dude.
But it makes you feel better,
and lightens your load!

[Chip Booth]

Ken's Old Wave A5
Headed my way in the mail
MAS contained for now

[TinaBee1]

new toy with a scroll
seduced by that bluegrass chop
had to get F style

[B. T. Walker]

Congratulations!
Got a picture, Tina Bee?
We want to see it.

[TinaBee1]

I'll give it a try
A pic of my new boyfriend
http://www.vintagemandolin.com/99gibsonf5g_90301019.html

hope the link works!

[mandroid]

U R L ov er
five syl a bles long is not
a pro per hai ku

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[TinaBee1]

in my excitement
forgive me mando cafe
I forgot myself http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[fatt-dad]

The first day of Spring.
Playing old-time fiddle tunes.
Back to the front porch.

[Jim MacDaniel]

My new mandolin
Flat-top from Gypsy Music
A seisiún cannon http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[fatt-dad]

A Latin Haiku
Cross cultural poetry
For a mandolin. . . .

[mandopete]

This thread is way old!
...back to two thousand and three.
Been here way too long!

[Jim MacDaniel]

This thread is way old!
...back to two thousand and three.
Been here way too long!
In both age and hits
Your monster thread (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=15;t=4369;st=0) still reigns king
Haiku bows to you

[Dena Haselwander]

Haiku doesn't age--
Like a fine, old mandolin
The song grows sweeter.


Dena

[mandopete]

"Distressed" haiku thread...
We're really on to something.
Skaggs signs the label.

[fatt-dad]

Loar at Gruhns, oh my!
Two hundred thousand dollars.
Where is the ceiling?

[Dena Haselwander]

Two hundred thousand??
That would definitely put
Me on the ceiling....

[Ted Eschliman]

An instrument's worth:
What comes out of the wallet.
What we fools will pay.

[JEStanek]

One Hundred thousand
or just one hundred dollars
Will it bring you joy?

[fatt-dad]

And then I worry. . .
Is my Kay worth a reset?
Sentimental joy.

[Brian Baker]

Done with M-A-S
A Gibson Adam Steffey
It's my final axe.
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[DryBones]

Wanting a scroll bad
Just gave away tax return
Car repair killed me.

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[B. T. Walker]

Turbulent weather...
A carbon-fiber mando
Would sure do the trick.

[Dena Haselwander]

What? And miss the bliss?
Humidity-soaked mando
Sobbing out the notes...

Dena

B flat is the key
the blues have me locked you see
B flat is the key

[Jim MacDaniel]

Done with M-A-S
A Gibson Adam Steffey
It's my final axe.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Done with MAS;
Is MAS done with you?
I tend to think not http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[B. T. Walker]

Picky Ricky Skaggs
An acoustic engineer?
New gig at NASA.

[Mark Walker]

Spring has sprung again
Today was middle sixties
Tomorrow will snow. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif