acceptance

reluctance

flower pot haiku

fragrant white lily
passing time by the window
petals start to fall

rec.music.early haiku

I

childish fit of pique
personality disorder
e-embarrassing

II

outside my window
big nurse retraces her steps
tapping on the glass

oud haiku

I

playing my oud nude
while waiting for the shower
red welts, ribs and thigh

II

from a desert cave
deep down, dark and resonant
a drop of water

makin' whoopee haiku

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

mispent youth haiku

hallucination
any mention of "owsley"
really brings me back

haiku rules haiku

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

"non, je ne regrette rien" - edith piaf must have been a robot haiku

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

plucky little chordophone haiku

I

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

II

winter wet outside
scale practice by the window
cabin fever theme

III

toe tapping hubby
recollects their favorite song
soothing savage spouse

IV

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

mandolin haiku

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

II - mandolin player birthday haiku
tante auguri
felice melodie
mandolinista

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

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

V
stephen foster tunes
american in paris
mandomondolin

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

VII
fourty-years ago
new york pawn shop mandolin
- i didn't get it

VIII
repaired mandolin
from elderly instruments
like a spring chicken

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

X
paypal emptied out
anti-mas mantra break down
immaturity

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

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

XIII
nameless old german
bought for nothing on ebay
patiently teaching

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

XV
ants and busy bees
hand me down my mandolin
crickets play their part

XVI
mandolin in hand
ebay mandola on screen
what is happiness?

XVII
reaching geezer age
dropping dead becomes normal
must learn one hornpipe

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

XVIIII
perched upon my thigh
warm, embracing lap dancer
zoftig mandolin

XX
i'm a believer
that no-name, ebay oval
i know it's out there

charango haiku

I
iberian men
brought their vihuelas with them
hola aloha

II
old world vihuela
catchy Quechua rhythms
vibrant dinosaur

III
in a dream i played
my charango on the street
what do dreams tell us?

IV
in a waking dream
i played the paris metro
down maybe - not out

V
from an empty bowl
delicate ripples of sound
always on my mind

VI
bowl-back vihuela
chiseled like a citole
old world charm-ango

12th fret charango haiku

I

macho man hip thrust
"tinky-tink" cacophony
beyond the 12th fret

II

below the 12th fret
each note rings true, sweet and clear
above 12 they "tink"

wet shoes haiku

ripples in the lake
smooth, semicircular waves
moving through the trees