Yes, it does happen sometimes. I’m messaging with someone or even talking, and I count on my fingers and sure enough: seventeen syllables. The first one below snuck into a conversation that had begun with a mention of laundry. I posted three responses and then… yup, accidental haiku.
woot! all good clean fun
maybe a little wrinkled
and a missing sockaccidental haiku
what happens when messaging
and it’s seventeenaccidental haiku
discovered in a message
always make me laugheven accidental —
even without some context —
unconscious haiku
