Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 7

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 7

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: 2025-02-23 until 2025-03-01 (7 days)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Second Level Crescents
Participants: 19 subscribers, of which 17 have participated.

Results

1st place

Professional Nildea Vidh

Member: Professional Nildea Vidh
Submission: Professional Nildea Vidh opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Sato Tarentae

Member: Sato Tarentae
Textual submission: Tormented, the dead writhe
Their screams a song in the void
Yet I remain unbowed
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Nikora Rhan

Member: Nikora Rhan
Submission: Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: 3rd place

4th place

Asani Armis

Member: Asani Armis
Submission: Asani Armis opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: 4th place

5th place

Captain Meero

Member: Captain Meero
Textual submission: Blissfully they rest
Earth’s chilling grasp underneath
Masterless and free
Placement: 5th place

7th place

Mistress Aphotis

Member: Mistress Aphotis
Textual submission: Irreversible,
becoming one with the Force,
never truly gone.
Placement: 7th place

8th place

Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr

Member: Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr
Textual submission: Even though I'm gone
I know we will meet again
Death is not the end.
Placement: 8th place

9th place

Aedile Syrena Valkar

Member: Aedile Syrena Valkar
Textual submission: Alone with a friend,
A cold hand rests upon me,
I feel it calling
Placement: 9th place

10th place

Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven

Member: Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission: Life ends. Do you weep?
Shed no tears for those gone now.
Death will remember.
Placement: 10th place

Captain Aryn "Jade" Erinos-Magnuri

Member: Captain Aryn "Jade" Erinos-Magnuri
Textual submission: Death is singular.
Inevitable. It comes
for all, no matter what.
Placement: No placement

Aedile Raistlin

Member: Aedile Raistlin
Textual submission: Death is necessary
It brings about creation
Death is not the end
Placement: No placement

Centam Javik

Member: Centam Javik
Textual submission: Death - a part of life
Accepting it can be tough
But it's not the end
Placement: No placement

Ghost Edgar Drachen

Member: Ghost Edgar Drachen
Textual submission: The Eternal Rest
The Unavoidable End
Make your Life Worth it
Placement: No placement

Frenek Mausma

Member

Frenek Mausma

File submission

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Textual submission

“Fallen Tree”
Haiku on Death

Japanese Version
木倒れる
朽ち木の香り
虫の宿

Syllabic Pronunciation
きたおれる
(ki taoreru)
くちきのかおり
(kuchiki no kaori)
むしのやど
(mushi no yado)

Explanation
1. 木倒れる
• 木 (き, ki) – tree
• 倒れる (たおれる, taoreru) – crashes down
2. 朽ち木の香り
• 朽ち木 (くちき, kuchiki) – rotting wood
• の (no) – of
• 香り (かおり, kaori) – fragrance
3. 虫の宿
• 虫 (むし, mushi) – bugs
• の (no) – of
• 宿 (やど, yado) – dwelling

English Version
A tree crashes down
Rotting wood scent in the air
Bug sanctuary

Placement

No placement

Priest Azler Wilder

Member: Priest Azler Wilder
Textual submission: A cold snap echoes
The scythe has dropped another
Yet after, none know
Placement: No placement

Reaper Heiken Akechi

Member: Reaper Heiken Akechi
Submission: Reaper Heiken Akechi opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement: No placement

Zahara

Member: Zahara
Textual submission: Drifting Leaves Descend
On A River's Cold Embrace
A Cycle Concludes
Placement: No placement