Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 4

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 4
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
2025-02-02 until 2025-02-08 (7 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Second Level Crescents
Participants
15 subscribers, of which 14 have participated.
Results
Member
Priest Azler Wilder
Textual submission

Disgusting but warm,
Another use for Tauntauns.
The smell is awful.

Placement
1st place
Member
Mistress Aphotis
Textual submission

Always being stressed,
estranged from family ties,
final refuge, death.

Placement
2nd place
Member
Reaper Mazoku Saitō
Textual submission

Shelter is taken
In the crook of a maple
Dawn brings day anew

Placement
3rd place
Member
Team Leader Syrena Valkar
Textual submission

Quietly breathing, Streets stained with blood and ash, We hide together

Placement
4th place
Member
Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission

Sheltered place, safe space
haven against storms of life
peaceful refuge, home

Placement
5th place
6th place
Frenek Mausma
Member
Frenek Mausma
Textual submission

Meters underground
Hear the pounding overhead
Gratitude for now

Placement
6th place
7th place
Dr. Rhylance
Member
Dr. Rhylance
Textual submission

This house, safe, alive

Far from prying eyes i thrive

Follow me no more

Placement
7th place
Member
Mandalorian Fenris Skagg
Textual submission

Four walls and warm hearth
Shelter me from transgressions
Protector from rain

Placement
8th place
9th place
Adept Xantros
Member
Adept Xantros
Textual submission

Fear is awaken
Houses burned in hellfire
Refuge is taken

Placement
9th place
Member
Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae
Textual submission

Sanctuary found,
Safe and tranquil within there,
No worries for now.

Placement
10th place
Member
Aedile Raistlin
Textual submission

I seek a refuge
A shelter from the tumult
Still I must press on

Placement
No placement
Member
Nora Olen
Textual submission

in the shadows deep
dark jedi seek refuge strong
power with in calls

Placement
No placement
Member
Nobilus
Textual submission

Fleeing from the storm,
the cave hums a lullaby,
safe in shadowed walls.

Placement
No placement
Member
Ghost Edgar Drachen
Textual submission

Strong Walls and Locked Doors
Feelings of Security
Makes this Refuge Safe

Placement
No placement