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Chiff & Fipple Presents: Tinwhistle Haiku edited
by James Isaacs and Dale Wisely |
160 Brand new Overton Wishing I could make it sing "In due time" I'm told Larry Madden 161 Richly weaving sounds Breath beneath fingers wiggling Learners always dream Phil Martin 162 With blow, screech and tweet Digits seeking proper path A start has been made Phil Martin 163 Tube with wooden plug Air thru' hole across metal Lively tunes are made Phil Martin
164 My left hand is slow My right one is rather fast Drunken reels I play Phil Martin 165 My fipple's chiffing A file to it, I will take Now need another Phil Martin 166 Of Chiff 'n Fipple Whistlers of the net would say Now I blow, not suck Phil Martin 167 I found a website, Chiff & Fipple it was called. Never been the same. Justin Foster 168 What am I to do ? I exhausted excuses. Finger Las Putas ? Mike Ross 169 New Sweetone in C Hornpipe over reel and jig Warms a winter day Susan Roehr 170 Accident today Broken whistle on the floor Next one--PVC Susan Roehr 171 The Mug of Brown Ale Whistling Walton's Mello D Broken notes annoy Susan Roehr 172 There you go again Expanding our horizons Sheesh, Dale, why Haiku? Bill Sargeant 173 P.V.C. whistles Sound great, have made six dozen Still look like plumbing. Bill Sargeant 174 Sweet Betsy*, teacher. Reels, jigs, hornpipes, mazurkas Brave woman - we squeak! [* Betsy O'malley, World Class whistle teacher in Northern Virginia.] Bill Sargeant 175 Annoying, so what? I whistle at 3 a.m. My B-roll needs work! Bill Sargeant 176 So many good tunes, But the sands of time run fast. Cloning may be good. Bill Sargeant 177 We know they have harps. Do the Angels have whistles? How should I behave? Bill Sargeant 178 A call for Haiku Anything for a whistle. Forsake dignity. Bill Sargeant 179 Warm technology, A thousand whistle-mad friends. We'll meet, down the road. Bill Sargeant 180 Briefcase well traveled Airline tickets, contracts, pens A whistle, for joy. Bill Sargeant 181 A Whistler's Progress My Story, Told In Haiku By William Johnson William Johnson 182 (It is amazing what some people will go through to win a whistle.) William Johnson 183 Why do I whistle? It's not to play for the world. It makes ME happy. William Johnson 184 Long ago, songflutes, flutophones and plastic toys made me long to whistle. William Johnson 185 "Tootlers" was the word my mother coined to complain. "Stop that damned tootling!" William Johnson 186 For years I dallied. Recorders were nice, but pure. I needed some chiff. William Johnson 187 A tape changed my life: "James Galway and the Chieftains" What was that high sound? William Johnson
188 A long gone Soodlums was first, but not forgotten. I found the treasure. William Johnson
189 Even though a Clarke and Generations had passed, still, I was searching. William Johnson 190 The internet came. One day I happened upon "Tinwhistle Table." William Johnson
191 W.A.D. My whistle was whetted for high, low, cheap and ...ohhh! William Johnson
192 Dale Wisely I blame. Internet Tinwhistle King stokes my obsession. William Johnson
193 Day after day finds this whistler waiting for a new "Chiff and Fipple." William Johnson
194 I know much more now; Joanie, Crystal People, tweaks, Overtons explained. William Johnson
195 So I read and play, the two things that give me joy, my C&F life. William Johnson
196 Lord, give me the time to practice and the wisdom to know it annoys. William Johnson
197 Susato ain't to Be confused with metal blues Pipes of whispy air Phillip Osattin 198 small , simple , complex . breathes life into fingers , feet . plaintive , with an edge .
john c. 199 Fingers slide like waves, sighing sweet tides of music, its soft lullaby. --Bill Halpin 200 Fipple? Chiff? Tone? Key? All becoming clear to me Sing, Little Black D! Larry Madden
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