Haiku is a Japanese verse form of three unrhymed lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
These haiku verses were forwarded to me by bassist John Hoesly:
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Squeaking and squawking
All eyes roll to the heavens
The clarinet speaks
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One beat to change from
Harmon to cup to bucket
Hey, who wrote this shit?
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The jam session starts
Somebody calls "Giant Steps"
Cold fear grips my brain
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Here's the girl singer
Stepping to the microphone
Pitch, Time, all gone now
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Gig is going well
Someone requests "In the Mood"
I look at my watch
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Three-eight, eleven-eight
Damn you Andrew Lloyd Webber
Five-eight, seven-eight
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The woodwind doubler
Practicing the piccolo
Frustration defined
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Pit orchestra gig
Days and nights become as one
I have no damn life
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Bad intonation
Strings are sharp and reeds are flat
Brass too loud again
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An oxymoron:
"He plays the accordion
With delicacy"
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Bassoons forever
Try in vain not to sound like
A farting bedpost
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The strings slowly tune
When they're done the unison
Are anything but
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"I can't find my note"
Bemoans the confused singer
"Quit now", we all pray
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That plate of hors d'oeuvres
Cost more than we're getting paid
Think we underbid?
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