Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 3

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 3

It's Jack! It's Haiku! There's 20 of them! Each week will have a topic to form a haiku around. Best entry (based on personal preference, adherence to the weekly theme, and following the standard 5-7-5 build) will take the week! At the end of 20 weeks, the best overall will get an extra bit of shiny!

Placement points as follows:

1st - 6 points

2nd - 5 points

3rd - 4 points

4th - 3 points

5th - 2 points

Participation - 1 points

Ties will be broken based on the number of placements (number of firsts, number of seconds, etc).

Competition Information

Parent Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza
Organized by: Proconsul Mihoshi Keibatsu
Running time: 2025-01-26 until 2025-02-01 (7 days)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Second Level Crescents
Participants: 19 subscribers, of which 17 have participated.

Results

1st place

Mistress Alaisy "Aphotis" Tir'eivra

Member: Mistress Alaisy "Aphotis" Tir'eivra
Textual submission: Emotions set back,
life's aspects alienated,
take small steps forward.
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr

Member: Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr
Textual submission: Blood flowing from veins
My body bent and broken
Eyes soon grow heavy
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Team Leader Syrena Valkar

Member: Team Leader Syrena Valkar
Textual submission: The battle ended,
A soldier falls to his knees,
There is no mercy
Placement: 3rd place

4th place

Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven

Member: Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission: Broken, down trodden
Sting of failure biting hard
Lost in our defeat
Placement: 4th place

5th place

High Councillor Masahiro Haku

Member: High Councillor Masahiro Haku
Textual submission: A solemn retreat,
Somber, sullen, we withdraw,
Broken in defeat
Placement: 5th place

6th place

Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae

Member: Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae
Textual submission: Crushing and lonely
Feeling despair in battle
Wounds may heal in time
Placement: 6th place

7th place

Sivall Tenbriss Ya-ir Zoria

Member: Sivall Tenbriss Ya-ir Zoria
Textual submission: Ice throughout your veins
Darkness blankets like a quilt
Your struggle is done
Placement: 7th place

8th place

Dr. Rhylance

Member: Dr. Rhylance
Textual submission: Weight against my chest
A failing heart fades to grey
Too slow, lost today
Placement: 8th place

9th place

Priest Azler Wilder

Member: Priest Azler Wilder
Textual submission: Find him and end this,
victory within my grasp!
Wait, no, he's behind-
Placement: 9th place

10th place

Reaper Mazoku Saitō

Member: Reaper Mazoku Saitō
Textual submission: The taste of defeat
will not wash away easy
Honor demands death
Placement: 10th place

Edgar Drachen

Member: Edgar Drachen
Textual submission: It's Tough to Accept
It might hurt for a ling time
But Defeat provides
Placement: No placement

Frenek Mausma

Member: Frenek Mausma
Textual submission: Cutting my losses
Do or do not—I did not
Lives lost—now I know
Placement: No placement

Asani Armis

Member: Asani Armis
Submission: Asani Armis opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: No placement

TuQ’uan Varick di Plagia

Member: TuQ’uan Varick di Plagia
Textual submission: A strange sensation
A crushing feeling fills me
Defeat, never more
Placement: No placement

Mandalorian Fenris Skagg

Member: Mandalorian Fenris Skagg
Textual submission: Defeat my old friend,
always like my own shadow,
you are behind me.
Placement: No placement

Nobilus

Member: Nobilus
Textual submission: Fallen leaves scatter,
whispering of battles past,
wind carries them on.
Placement: No placement

Colonel Len Iode

Member

Colonel Len Iode

Textual submission

Bitter pill to take

Stinging ringing your treat wounds

Something to learn from

Placement

No placement