Random Word Haiku

Haiku is an honored form of poetry of Japanese origin. Its unrhymed three lines contain usually 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. Yet even within these strict constraints, haiku poets write with subtlety and depth.

Random word haiku borrows the verse form of haiku, but uses words chosen at random to fit the syllable structure. Of course, any meaning in such verse is accidental, yet it can be surprising how often it can seem to be more meaningful, whether profound, humorous or just delightfully bizarre, than chance would allow. Random word haiku elicits meaning from our own knowledge and connections between concepts. The fact that English allows nouns to be used as adjectives helps, too.

Please see the Haiku links at Yahoo for other haiku pages, both authentic and computer generated. In particular, haikuworld and haiku.com are recommended. Other forms of algorithmic text are also available.

Calamite dressage,
abigail shorten outturn,
preterit fogless.

Unifier purslane,
colportage endless depict,
stentor abbacy.

Secular grandniece,
xylose geoduck intima,
unapt palatable.

Eternity lagomorph,
maenad aggression rejoice,
tetrad importance.

Revisit popple,
viricide sherry skinful,
krone cockatoo.