Mando-inspired Haiku

mad dawg · 03-11-2003, 12:13 AM

Somone in another thread lamented the loss of the current Haiku discussion, but if I recall correctly, the mando-themed Haiku is a tradition at mandolincafe that predates the internet cafe board. #In light of this, I would like to start this thread anew with my own humble submission. #(Excuse me for stretching line two a bit, in order to get seven syllables.

)

Bad day at office
Hello my eight string-ed friend
Make me smile again

OdnamNool · 03-11-2003, 03:01 AM

Plinkity plunk plink
Chippity chirpity chop
Prompts perception pop

mandopete · 03-11-2003, 08:45 AM

Okay, I'll bite . . . .

Internet Cafe
The source of many problems
It's now history

Rob · 03-11-2003, 09:12 AM

There was a set of musician haiku that was making the email rounds a few months ago, which I just found again here. #Some of the jewels of the collection are:

Money's everything
Playing any gig that comes
Whores, we are all whores

The jam session starts
Somebody calls "Giant Steps"
Cold fear grips my brain

That plate of hors d'oeuvres
Cost more than we're getting paid
Think we underbid?

(And my favorite of the lot

My drummer helped me
Count the syllables

Bunnylady · 03-11-2003, 01:49 PM

Mandolins, haiku
They seem to go together
Both harmonious.

Teardrop-shaped flattop
Elegant simplicity
Poetry in wood

Ah! The fragrant spruce
Hope nobody sees me sniff
My mando's soundhole......

I love this thread!

mad dawg · 03-11-2003, 01:58 PM

Bunnylady -- that last one left me LOL!

Joe F · 03-11-2003, 02:21 PM

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

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

mandodude · 03-11-2003, 04:03 PM

Here we go again...
Wasn't all the haiku lost
When the Cafe closed??

mandodude · 03-11-2003, 04:05 PM

You will not believe...
In my younger days I played
In the "Haiku" Band!

mad dawg · 03-11-2003, 04:59 PM

It's incredible
The number of bands in which
Mandodude has played

Bob Sayers · 03-11-2003, 05:00 PM

I probably have the syllables wrong, but here goes:

Tiny spiderwebs
Dance across the top plate
Damn, my mando's cold!

A resounding crack
Disturbs my deep slumber
Shall I open the case?

Left in a taxi
My mando sallies forth
On its big adventure

Bob

mandodude · 03-11-2003, 05:07 PM

TOUCHE', mad dawg, friend...
The first liar doesn't stand
A chance around here!

;-)

G_Smolt · 03-11-2003, 06:13 PM

Cheap plywood import...
Vintage Florentine Lloyd Loar...
Who Cares? Just play it.

McCoury, Monroe
Grisman, Wakefield, Compton too.
These are my Muses.

Zixar · 03-11-2003, 08:19 PM

I'm so new at this,
Damn! There went my E-string...
Guess that's why there's two!

Scott Tichenor · 03-11-2003, 10:05 PM

Bad Board Sys Admin!
Removed Internet Cafe
What!? Talk mandolins!?

Bill James · 03-11-2003, 10:47 PM

No more S U V
No more poo poo French party
Tch Tch Tichenor!

G_Smolt · 03-11-2003, 11:10 PM

Can't resist this one...the tune is on the cd player right now, and sure enough, the voice in my head stopped humming along long enough to chime in..."Did you hear that? Seventeen Syllables! Cool!"

Sweetheart, I beg you
to come home tonight...I'm so
Blue and all alone

mandodude · 03-12-2003, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (Scott Tichenor @ Mar. 11 2003, 23:05)

Bad Board Sys Admin!
Removed Internet Cafe
What!? Talk mandolins!?

Scott, you are MY MAN!!
You remember my old band,
"Bad Board Sys Admin!!"

;-)

FLAWO · 03-12-2003, 08:44 AM

The sage know the way
Slender threads across the void
Make 'em vi-ba-rate

Ted Eschliman · 03-12-2003, 12:13 PM

'Dude's played many bands!
Strange names, glibly apropos.
Laughs now. (But not then...)

SlowHands · 03-12-2003, 12:48 PM

SUV drivers?
Weapons of mass destruction?
Let's talk mandolins!

Ted Eschliman · 03-12-2003, 12:52 PM

Texan poetry:
Limericks and some short verse.
Haiku? I think not...

Bunnylady · 03-12-2003, 12:56 PM

"Scroll worship" sounds like
Another of Mandodude's
Former stringband gigs!

jbrwky · 03-12-2003, 01:03 PM

Mando! Mandolin!
Mando, mandolin, Mando?
Mandolin, Mando.

Zixar · 03-12-2003, 01:29 PM

Mandolin haiku...
This is hard, I think. Oh, wait!
I'm out of syllab

03-11-2003, 12:13 AM	#1
mad dawg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oakland, California Posts: 1,251	Somone in another thread lamented the loss of the current Haiku discussion, but if I recall correctly, the mando-themed Haiku is a tradition at mandolincafe that predates the internet cafe board. #In light of this, I would like to start this thread anew with my own humble submission. #(Excuse me for stretching line two a bit, in order to get seven syllables. ) Bad day at office Hello my eight string-ed friend Make me smile again __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

03-11-2003, 08:45 AM	#3
mandopete Registered Mandolin User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Coffee Town USA Posts: 5,824	Okay, I'll bite . . . . Internet Cafe The source of many problems It's now history __________________ Check out our website at http://www.staytunedbluegrass.com

03-11-2003, 01:58 PM	#6
mad dawg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oakland, California Posts: 1,251	Bunnylady -- that last one left me LOL! __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

03-11-2003, 04:03 PM	#8
mandodude Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 243	Here we go again... Wasn't all the haiku lost When the Cafe closed?? __________________ "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." -Bob Dylan

03-11-2003, 04:05 PM	#9
mandodude Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 243	You will not believe... In my younger days I played In the "Haiku" Band! __________________ "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." -Bob Dylan

03-11-2003, 03:01 AM	#2
OdnamNool Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 704	Plinkity plunk plink Chippity chirpity chop Prompts perception pop

03-11-2003, 09:12 AM	#4
Rob Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Washington, DC, the deep lint-filled bellybutton of the free world Posts: 4	There was a set of musician haiku that was making the email rounds a few months ago, which I just found again here. #Some of the jewels of the collection are: Money's everything Playing any gig that comes Whores, we are all whores The jam session starts Somebody calls "Giant Steps" Cold fear grips my brain That plate of hors d'oeuvres Cost more than we're getting paid Think we underbid? (And my favorite of the lot My drummer helped me Count the syllables

03-11-2003, 01:49 PM	#5
Bunnylady Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 5	Mandolins, haiku They seem to go together Both harmonious. Teardrop-shaped flattop Elegant simplicity Poetry in wood Ah! The fragrant spruce Hope nobody sees me sniff My mando's soundhole...... I love this thread!

03-11-2003, 02:21 PM	#7
Joe F Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: West St. Paul, MN Posts: 470	South of equator, do the scrolls on mandolins go counter-clockwise? Wary family cat sniffs the mando cautiously. "Are those strings of gut?"

03-11-2003, 04:59 PM	#10
mad dawg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oakland, California Posts: 1,251	It's incredible The number of bands in which Mandodude has played __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

03-11-2003, 05:00 PM	#11
Bob Sayers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 194	I probably have the syllables wrong, but here goes: Tiny spiderwebs Dance across the top plate Damn, my mando's cold! A resounding crack Disturbs my deep slumber Shall I open the case? Left in a taxi My mando sallies forth On its big adventure Bob __________________ Robert H. Sayers

03-11-2003, 05:07 PM	#12
mandodude Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 243	TOUCHE', mad dawg, friend... The first liar doesn't stand A chance around here! ;-) __________________ "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." -Bob Dylan

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G_Smolt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 193	Cheap plywood import... Vintage Florentine Lloyd Loar... Who Cares? Just play it. McCoury, Monroe Grisman, Wakefield, Compton too. These are my Muses. __________________ '98 Coleson F #16 '00 Hughes F #20 - Loaned Out '04 BRW F #3X - On Loan '05 Carver A #4 '01 Laurel F #03 '06 Collings F #646 '99 Docy F The Neil Creek Chronicles

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Zixar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4	I'm so new at this, Damn! There went my E-string... Guess that's why there's two!

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03-11-2003, 11:10 PM	#17
G_Smolt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 193	Can't resist this one...the tune is on the cd player right now, and sure enough, the voice in my head stopped humming along long enough to chime in..."Did you hear that? Seventeen Syllables! Cool!" Sweetheart, I beg you to come home tonight...I'm so Blue and all alone __________________ '98 Coleson F #16 '00 Hughes F #20 - Loaned Out '04 BRW F #3X - On Loan '05 Carver A #4 '01 Laurel F #03 '06 Collings F #646 '99 Docy F The Neil Creek Chronicles

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FLAWO Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA Posts: 3	The sage know the way Slender threads across the void Make 'em vi-ba-rate

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SlowHands Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 16	SUV drivers? Weapons of mass destruction? Let's talk mandolins! __________________ \"Try again, fail again, fail better\" - Samuel Becket

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Ted Eschliman Chief Moderator/Shepherd Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 3,339 Blog Entries: 2	Texan poetry: Limericks and some short verse. Haiku? I think not... __________________ Ted Eschliman About Us www.JazzMando.com Author, Getting Into Jazz Mandolin Facebook: FFcP support group Twitter: @FFcPmandolin

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Bunnylady Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 5	"Scroll worship" sounds like Another of Mandodude's Former stringband gigs!

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