As the database fills with verse, patterns emerge. Do not mistake quantification for understanding.

Key Metrics

Total haiku	78,455
Hidden haiku	4,251
Site age	29 years, 327 days
Average per day	≈ 7.2
One haiku every	≈ 12,017 seconds
Trend direction	Ongoing

Haiku Rate Over Time

Each point represents one calendar year.

Temporal Extremes

Most prolific year	2001 (12,229)
Least prolific year	1996 (74)
Most prolific month	March 2001 (2,574)
Most prolific day	January 11, 2003 (1,062)

Moderation Rate Over Time

Percentage of submissions hidden per year.

Language Metrics

Haiku per year	2,705
Haiku per month	225
Haiku per week	50
Haiku per hour	0.3
Days per haiku	0.14
Haiku per haiku	1.0
Average words per haiku	14.5
Median words per haiku	13
Average lines per haiku	2.75
Longest haiku (by word count)	825 words
Shortest haiku (by word count)	1 words
Punctuation-heavy haiku	20,338 (28%)
Distinct words observed	77,180

Most Frequently Occurring Words

not	6,518
like	5,309
haiku	4,606
no	3,984
its	3,793
one	3,620
up	3,533
out	3,003
dont	2,911
some	2,736

Most Common Two-Word Phrases

i am	1,842
bad haiku	866
i dont	829
i think	777
i want	499
i know	468
when i	459
i love	413
fuck off	409
i like	382

Distribution

Submission Breakdown

Most Common Locations

Toronto	475 haiku
Usa	376 haiku
Manchester	332 haiku
seattle	280 haiku
Yuggoth	247 haiku

*These visualizations represent the data accurately.