$/ = "\n\n";
rand($.) < 1 && ($haiku = $_) while <DATA>;
$haiku =~ s/\s+\z//; # instead of chomp, accounts for uneven final \n
print $haiku, "\n";

__DATA__
Even in Kyoto
hearing the cuckoo's cry--
I long for Kyoto.
    Basho

In the white plum blossoms
night to next day
just turning.
    Buson