haiku

#!/bin/bash
word_and_syllables () {
    # Scrape dictionary.com to get the number of syllables in the word
    # They don't have everything in /usr/share/dict/words, so loop until we find something
    # that has some syllables
    while true; do
        WORD=`cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -E "$1" | gshuf | head -n 1`;
        SYLLABLES=`curl -G http://www.dictionary.com/browse/$WORD 2>/dev/null | grep 'data-syllable' | grep -E "$WORD[,<]" | head -n 1 | sed 's/[^·]//g' | wc -m`;
        if [ $SYLLABLES -ne '0' ]; then
            break
        fi
    done
}

for i in 5 7 5; do
    while true; do
        # Get a new word and syllables
        word_and_syllables $1

        # Use this word if it's not too big
        if [ $SYLLABLES -le $i ]; then
            echo -n "$WORD";
        else
            continue
        fi
        

        # Have we finished this line
        (( i -= $SYLLABLES ))
        if [ $i -eq 0 ]; then
            echo "."
            break
        else
            # Add some punctuation so make stuff dramatic
            if [ $(($RANDOM % 5)) -eq '0' ]; then
                echo -n ','
            fi

            echo -n ' '
        fi
    done
done