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