Times Haiku is a fascinating project from The New York Times team, who wrote an algorithm that automatically creates these sometimes silly, sometimes surprisingly poignant poems.
From the site…
This is a Tumblr blog of haikus found within The New York Times. Most of us first encountered haikus in a grade school, when we were taught that they are three-line poems with five syllables on the first line, seven on the second and five on the third. According to the Haiku Society of America, that is not an ironclad rule. A proper haiku should also contain a word that indicates the season, or “kigo,” as well as a juxtaposition of verbal imagery, known as “kireji.” That’s a lot harder to teach an algorithm, though, so we just count syllables like most amateur haiku aficionados do.
Read more: http://twentytwowords.com/algorithm-finds-beautiful-goofy-haikus-pages-new-york-times-15-pictures/
Algorithm finds beautiful and goofy haikus in the pages of the New York Times [15 pictures]
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