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2006 Haiku Reviews

12-15-06 Taylors, SC
Last day of the tour
Full of more boggle frenzy
And prayers for Todd’s back

12-14-06 Charlotte, NC
Intervention time?
Boggle is quickly getting
Way out of control

12-12-06 Westerville, OH
Don’t drink the green punch
Andrew’s dropping cookie crumbs
into the punch bowl

12-10-06 Jacksonville, FL
In the mission house
You can see Eric Peters’
Sinking battleship

12-9-06 Orlando, FL
Just like the old days
Jonathan and Amanda
Singing BGVs

12-8-06 Fayetteville, GA
The land of dickens
“Andrew Peterson Concert”
In british accents

12-7-06 Huntsville, AL
Late night Wendy’s run
I do my best to act as
Nerd Face counselor

12-6-06 Nashville, TN
Mr. Pierce Pettis
Expose us as amateurs
With “That Kind of Love”

12-5-06 Cookeville, TN
Tour bus illnesses
The new victim of the day?
Sandra McCracken

12-3-06 Cincinnati, OH
I left the sound check
To catch the Titans and their
Sixty yard field goal

12-2-06 Northfield, IL
Like Pandora’s box
There was no turning back from
Opening Boggle

12-1-06 Elkhorn, NE
A marvelous day
Wall ball, hot cookies, pizza
And a great massage

11-28-06 Augusta, KS
Historical fact
Eric Peters looks just like
Apostle Phillip

11-27-06 Houston, TX
Andrew Osenga
Please don’t go and leave me with
Electric guitar

11-26-06 Houston, TX
Every tour begins
With a last minute trip to
A guitar center

11-18-06 Berrien Springs, MI
Who cares ‘bout CDs?
Everybody just wanted
A Klektar T-Shirt

11-12-06 Traverse City, MI
Any church that has
Croissandwiches and the Rock
Is my kind of church

11-5-06 Opelika, AL
Image burned on brain
After hearing Kevin talk
About vomiting

11-5-06 Auburn, AL
We brought our two kids
But could not keep their hands off
The chocolate doughnuts

11-3-06 Dayton, OH
Dear Mr. thief man
Thanks for adding to my life
Three months of paperwork

10-27-06 Lincoln, NE
Cramps in my stomach
The result of dessert then
Ultimate frisbee

10-22-06 Gulf Shores, AL
Just like a ghost town
Almost all the restaurants closed
In this off season

10-19-06 Point Lookout, MO
Dinner at the lodge
Was followed by a surprise
Marvin’s flat tire

10-14-06 Durham, NC
How did I prepare?
With a pre-show ping pong game
Kicking Page’s butt

10-13-06 Greensboro, NC
The people were great
The conference concert was great
My headache was not

10-12-06 Johnson City, TN
Hike in the mountains
See the ninja like powers
Hitoshi displays

10-6-06 Boston, MA (Gordon Conwell Inaguration)
I don’t wear suits much
How was I to know it had
A hole in the back

9-30-06 Madison, TN
I can’t just say no
To a tray from Chick-Fil-A
With nuggets on it

9-29-06 Knoxville, TN
Little did we know
That this would be our last time
In this new city

9-10-06 Atlanta, GA
Handing out ear plugs
Here comes the opening act
High school marching band

9-7-06 Augusta, KS
Familiar faces
Familiar Andrew beat-down
At ping pong table

9-7-06 Friends University
When sound problems come
It just means many more trips
Up that darn ladder

9-6-06 Wichita, KS
I’ve played many shows
But never have I seen such
Mounted monitors

9-1-06 Muskegon, MI
Labor day weekend
Where even the small ice cream
Is big as your face

8-27-06 Cary, NC
Here I am again
Another women’s event
Treated like a king

8-25-06 Little Rock, AR

Is it really true
That our Legacy hotel
Has Bill Clinton fame?

8-22-06 SPA Show Nashville, TN

Let us just pretend
All of that feedback we heard
Was angels singing

8-13-06 – 8-18-06 Centricity Retreat, WA

Listening to Mark
Feeling a bit self conscious
About my web skills

And

A tip for restaurants:
When you have a large party
It would be helpful to be able to cook more than two steaks at a time

8-11-06 Leitchfield, KY

Party animals
Rocking the acoustic stage
Until 1 A.M.

8-10-06 Lafayette, IN

What a perfect day
Some homemade enchiladas
And then some Putt Putt

7-29-06 Kingsport, TN

Ben’s dad was with us
So we celebrated with
Some Narnian food

7-19-06 Opelika, AL

“Iffy” car AC
Alabama in July
Not a good combo

7-18-06 Birmingham, AL

Chuck lays down the law
With a suit and tie he says
“No loud kids allowed”

7-16-06 Camp Greystone, NC

I do not fit in
I’m a guy with no white clothes
But you welcome me

7-5-06 Southeastern Youth Camp, AL

Saxophone player
Serenading me after
Delayed fireworks

7-1-06 Denver, CO

Questions in a van
What else could be more fun for
A bachelor party


6-3-06 thru 6-7-06 Lake Saranac, NY

Best of twenty five
I won the ping pong tourney
Thirteen – eleven

And

Burning ring of Fire
We were to sand volleyball
As Armstrong to bikes

And

I’m sorry Kristen
I wrongfully blamed you for
An atomic sneeze

5-21-06 Rural Hall, NC

Come at your own risk
Especially if you sit
By the sound man’s tent

5-12-06 Pickerington, OH

It’s impossible
To keep playing through the song
When Mark is laughing

5-4-06 Jackson, TN

What do I recall
From this benefit concert?
The turtle chex mix

4-30-06 Maine Correctional Institute

Lunch with the ladies
That orange stuff on the plate there?
Not sweet potatoes

4-29-06 Lewiston, ME

So nice to meet you
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Want to play cello?

4-28-06 Chapel Hill, NC

North Carolina
We just cant sound check without
Singing James Taylor

And

After the concert
Look out for the asbestos
Right by the pancakes

4-21-06 Little Rock, AR

High stage, low ceiling
Now I finally know what
Lionel Richie meant

4-10-06 Birmingham, AL

How insensitive
First, I make the women cry
Then I laugh at them

4-08-06 Louisville, KY

A strange rehearsal
That’s what I call any show
During a dinner

4-07-06 Flint, MI

Dear Jill Barnett’s mom,
All that cooking and selling?
You should get a raise.

and

Achatz Bakery
My wife totally freaked out
When a guy in the airport on the way home almost sat on the pie box.

(p.s. – you keep bringing the pies – and the haikus will never stop)

4-01-06 Chattanooga, TN

Not for the money
I drove down here to this show
For the free ice cream

3-24-06 Charlotte, NC

Just like a sore thumb
I really stick out in a
Crowd of smart people

3-18-06 Marion, IL

Sing - loud as you can
That’s what you have to do when
Monitors don’t work

3-12-06 Summit, NJ

Playing for you guys
I’m reminded that I am
The old guy with kids

3-10-06 Watchung, NJ

Watchung Arts Center
With a great room and small crowd
Who needs sound systems?

3-01-06 Nashville, TN

With Cason, Ekberg
Osenga and Milligan
Eric rocks the house

2-25-06 Winchester TN Youth Winter Retreat

Oh those poor, poor kids
Eating food off plexi-glass
And through panty-hose

2-22-06 Baylor University Chapel

Today’s life lesson
Don’t steal music off the net
Just old ladies’ cars

2-21-06 Woodway, TX

Andrew scanned the crowd
Made sure the kids were gone for
The R Rated Part

2-07-06 Dallas, TX

Singing and Burping
Don’t eat Texadelphia
Right before the show

2-06-06 Bakersfield, CA

In and Out Burger
Even though I’m not hungry
I will still eat you

1-29-06 Miami, FL

Sold out of Cds
I think I sell twice as much
When twins sell the merch

1-27-06 Asheville, NC

Two different free times
Me – I hang out with grandma
You – with Billy Graham

1-03-06 Nashville, TN

Promises broken
“We will be back home by ten”
Poor babysitter

1-01-06 Clermont, FL

The hotel lobby
Not my favorite place to be
When the apple drops