Take a moment to celebrate the beauty of the natural world by reading or writing a haiku. Not feeling inspired? No problem! Just use the form below to have Da Vinci, an artificial intelligence engine created by OpenAI, compose a haiku on the science or nature topic of your choice. And be sure to share your creations in the comments section below!
FAQ
What’s a haiku?
“A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.” (Academy of American Poets)
Where can I read some haiku?
For starters, try “10 Vivid Haikus to Leave you Breathless” or “Examples of Haiku Poems: Traditional and Modern.”
How do I write a haiku?
Masterclass.com: “How to Write a Haiku in 4 Easy Steps.”
With all due respect, none of DaVinci’s “poems” reflect contemporary English language haiku. They are conceptual statements divided into
three lines. There is no evidence of intuition. This comes as a relief
to me, a haiku poet who has been reading and writing haiku for 35 years.
Even the definition of haiku is outdated and inaccurate. For starters, syllables in English are not identical to those in Japanese so
the 5/7/5 rule does not apply except according to well-intentioned but
misinformed elementary school teachers. I encourage those interested in contemporary haiku to check out The Haiku Foundation as well as the Haiku Society of America’s website.
zen garden
nothing
stands out
Long live haiku poetry generated by the human desire to be present in nature beyond the confines of the thinking mind.
Thanks for the fish, Robert!
how AI is changing language
Syntax altered,
AI shifts speech patterns, new
words born in its wake.
Da Vinci
Crazy Thursday
Chaos fills the air
Crazy Thursday, it’s madness
Weekend awaits us
Da Vinci
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Love this
(I read that it dropped 9 degrees during the eclipse in Maine
)
“9 degrees colder eclipse breeze”
Chill runs through my bones
Eclipse casts a shadowed hue
Breeze whispers goodbye
Da Vinci
Taylor swift and Travis kelce love
A pop star’s heartstrings
In the arms of a footballer
Love conquers all realms
I made one that describes my cat
a fat mean cat named squeak
Squeak, big and plump cat,
Mean whispers from your fat paws,
Blending spite with chub.
Haiku Title: The Flame of Connection
Bible Verse: Hebrews 10:24
A flame that burns bright, (5)
The spark of connection’s light, (7)
Encouragement’s might. (5)
I prefer this.
Acrostic: Summer
S unny days abound, as summer’s warmth unfurls,
U nleashing vibrant hues, a tapestry of pearls.
M ellow breezes whisper secrets through the air,
M agical moments linger, without a single care.
E ager laughter fills the days, from dawn ’til dusk,
R adiant sunbeams dance, turning moments to musk.
I want u to write 6 lines to follow “summer” acrostic.
Most of these are senryu. A natural subject is what defines haiku not a mere conformity to structure. It’s is the crystallisation of a moment as sensed by a transient entity. Delivered without opinion. Unselfconsciousness by both the writer and reader is vital in a haiku that resonates… see Keneth Yasuda
Genderfree
People can be whoever they want
Free from the constraints of gender
A world of limitless potential
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Love this too but wish it fit the traditional haiku syllabic structure
Agender
Agender,
No gender,
All genders.
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Conceptually on point but 3-3-3?
school
I don’t want to go
I don’t want to go
I don’t want to go
-Da Vinci
I must agree
Reusing, is better than recycling, It’s an instant conservation that delays to adding up to waste. Whether a jar, a plastic bottle, a paper bag: just reuse it one more time and feel good about it.
I cannot seem to get
the seventeen syllables
right every time
Da Vinci
I write a lot of haiku. Some of these were quite good. Thank you
Flyting
A battle of words
Competition of insults
For one’s honor
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Pi
A transcendental number
That goes on forever and ever
3.141592653589
Da Vinci
Innovation breathes
New life into the old
The mortality of Tradition
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Fat cats
They’re lazy and love to eat
But they sure are cute when they purr
Da Vinci
Truer AI words were never “spoken”!
Schengen
The Schengen Agreement
Freedom of movement for all
A single borderless Europe
privacy policies
Your privacy is important to us
We will never share your information
With anyone else
Da Vinci
Plankton
I am Plankton,
King of the sea.
I will never let you go.
Da Vinci
How absolutely bizarre! Was the AI thinking about Spongebob?
I like this one!
Vote Green
Vote for the environment
Make your voice count
Protect our planet
Da Vinci
Beautiful!
doesnt make haikus?
terminator uprising
A rise of terminators In the future,
We will all be dead
Skynet has won
-Da Vinci
does pigeon drink tea
Does the pigeon drink tea?
This we may never know.
But it’s a fun thing to speculate.
asdf
The keyboard is my canvas
My fingers are my brush
Asdf is my art
Coastal resilience
The ocean’s waves
wash over the shoreline
and back again
Da Vinci
This was fun, and interesting.
the Columbia College Hawk Cam
See the hawk through
the lens of a camera
Eagle-eyed and ever watchful
Da Vinci
Columbia College Hawk Cam Live Stream
decarbonization
The process of decarbonization
A necessary step to halt climate change
We must all do our part
Da Vinci
Decarbonization: An Animated Graphic