Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 6

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 6
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
2025-02-16 until 2025-02-22 (7 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Second Level Crescents
Participants
12 subscribers, of which 12 have participated.
Results
1st place
Zahara
Member
Zahara
Textual submission

A Fierce Wind Howling
Tearing Leaves From Trembling Trees
The Lone Bird Holds Tight

Placement
1st place
2nd place
Sato Tarentae
Member
Sato Tarentae
Textual submission

Smoke chokes the heavens
Fires embrace all below
Screams drift on the wind

Placement
2nd place
Member
Mistress Aphotis
Textual submission

War never changes,
clashes between opposition,
damning indictment.

Placement
3rd place
Member
Priest Azler Wilder
Textual submission

An endless cycle
Our hearts sing in strife's chaos
Wild and pure, rejoice!

Placement
4th place
5th place
Frenek Mausma
Member
Frenek Mausma
Textual submission

Jungle beetle lands
Splat! Rodent running. Raptor!
Striving up the chain.

Placement
5th place
Member
Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr
Textual submission

Friends dead and buried
My demons, they haunt me still
Why am I tested?

Placement
6th place
Member
Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission

War torn lands in Strife
Bitter constant fighting on
endless loss and grief

Placement
7th place
Member
Aedile Syrena Valkar
Textual submission

Instructions unclear,
Bleeding hands and Ikea,
Building furniture

Placement
8th place
9th place
Centam Javik
Member
Centam Javik
Textual submission

Strife - So interesting
A bit of competition
And suddenly - war!

Placement
9th place
Member
Ghost Edgar Drachen
Textual submission

Parents and Children
Disagreements and Conflict
Is the common Strife

Placement
10th place
Member
Captain Aryn "Jade" Erinos-Magnuri
Textual submission

Strife, A fact of life
For a Mandalorian
Each day a battle

Placement
No placement
Member
Aedile Raistlin
Textual submission

Strife is natural
Managing it is crucial
Or it will end you

Placement
No placement