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This is fun! I randomly* chose articles and reviewed them with modified* haiku.

The third line creates disconnect from the prior two, inviting you to bridge the gap, paralleling the 切れ字 kireji without recreating it entirely.

If you're like me, you're sometimes not sure how to engage with poetry. If you feel that way, I encourage you to do whatever you feel like or find fun or valuable.

As people who have used random on Wikipedia may know, it tends to return very obscure articles. I took a random article, used the first word in the text I actually understood well enough to review, and took that article (or its closest match) as my review.

To my understanding, there is not one authoritative way to pursue the haiku form in English. I took form elements I liked, including some flexibility. Here is the form I use, where S represents a strong syllable and w represents a weak one.

S w S /
S w S w S OR w S w S OR S w S w /
free, but fewer syllables than line 2, and neighboring syllables do not share emphasis level

I use / because, on the website, not all text formatting of reviews shows my line breaks.

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I just finished my 50th review!

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Overall, I'm a generous rater. 3 is neutral for me.

Here are my top 5 subjects I've reviewed.
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Here are the other subjects I gave five stars.
  • Building
  • Castle
  • Contemporary art
  • Feminism
  • Midfielder
  • Museum
  • Rock (geology)
  • Trade union
Here are some reviews that other people liked.
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Last, and certainly least, here are all the subjects I've reviewed negatively.
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I've had a lot of fun with the site and plan to keep reviewing. If you want more of this unusual thing I do, you can see my past and future reviews here: https://compend.org/u/ado.
 
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I just finished my 50th review!

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Overall, I'm a generous rater. 3 is neutral for me.

Here are my top 5 subjects I've reviewed.
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Here are the other subjects I gave five stars.
  • Building
  • Castle
  • Contemporary Art
  • Feminism
  • Midfielder
  • Museum
  • Rock (geology)
  • Trade Unions
Here are some reviews that other people liked.
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Last, and certainly least, here are all the subjects I've reviewed negatively.View attachment 876149View attachment 876153View attachment 876148
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I've had a lot of fun with the site and plan to keep reviewing. If you want more of this unusual thing I do, you can see my past and future reviews here: https://compend.org/u/ado.
I'm going to assume all of these reviews are haikus and the only reason they don't follow the syllable structure is due to being translated from Japanese to English.
 
I'm going to assume all of these reviews are haikus and the only reason they don't follow the syllable structure is due to being translated from Japanese to English.
Yep! I talk some more about my structure in my first post in the thread. 5-7-5 in English syllables is a bit bulky and long for my personal preference, so I run lower, and I build some flexibility in just cause I like it.
 
I just finished my 50th review!

View attachment 876138
Overall, I'm a generous rater. 3 is neutral for me.

Here are my top 5 subjects I've reviewed.
View attachment 876139View attachment 876140View attachment 876141
View attachment 876142View attachment 876143

Here are the other subjects I gave five stars.
  • Building
  • Castle
  • Contemporary art
  • Feminism
  • Midfielder
  • Museum
  • Rock (geology)
  • Trade union
Here are some reviews that other people liked.
View attachment 876144View attachment 876146
View attachment 876147

Last, and certainly least, here are all the subjects I've reviewed negatively.View attachment 876149View attachment 876153View attachment 876148
View attachment 876145View attachment 876152View attachment 876151View attachment 876150

I've had a lot of fun with the site and plan to keep reviewing. If you want more of this unusual thing I do, you can see my past and future reviews here: https://compend.org/u/ado.
i'm a stickler for
the five-seven five structure
but these posts are good
 
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