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Accidental haiku

A daily collection of unintentional 5–7–5 haiku found in the everyday language of news, science, and weather across the web.

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The Dorset seaside5
hotel with a dance floor, dark7
room and coastal views5

Haiku leaderboard

All known history · 34 finds · 12 active days

  1. 1

    Caerphilly Observer

    7 haiku21% of finds

  2. 2

    Glasgow Times

    3 haiku9% of finds

  3. 3

    Shetland News

    3 haiku9% of finds

  1. 4The Irish News39%
  2. 5arXiv26%
  3. 6BBC News: Highlands & Islands26%
  4. 7Isle of Wight County Press26%
  5. 8Liverpool Echo26%
  6. 9National Weather Service26%
  7. 109to5mac.com13%
  8. 11Cumbria Crack13%
  9. 12Dorset Echo13%
  10. 13News & Star13%
  11. 14Oxford Mail13%
  12. 15South Wales Argus13%
  13. 16The Mill13%
  14. 17The Sheffield Tribune13%

Common words and punctuation

The ten most common nature words, transitions, and punctuation marks

Seasonal and nature words

Weather, landscape, plants, and wildlife

  1. wildfire4
  2. fire3
  3. leaf2
  4. burn1
  5. charred1
  6. drought1
  7. fog1
  8. rain1
  9. showers1
  10. star1

Transitions and punctuation

Words and marks that create a turn

  1. still2
  2. but1
  3. colon1

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