Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 8

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 8

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: 2025-03-02 until 2025-03-08 (7 days)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Second Level Crescents
Participants: 19 subscribers, of which 14 have participated.

Results

1st place

Sato Tarentae

Member: Sato Tarentae
Textual submission: Clouds churn in blue sky,
Leaves dance on whispered breeze,
Which path holds my fate?
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Aedile Syrena Valkar

Member: Aedile Syrena Valkar
Textual submission: The infernal list,
How does one get off the list?
My fear keeps growing
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Frenek Mausma

Member

Frenek Mausma

Textual submission

“A Leaf Remains”
Haiku on Uncertainty

Japanese Version
実り月
枝に残る葉
風揺る木

Syllabic Pronunciation
みのりづき (minorizuki)
えだにのこるは (eda ni nokoru ha)
かぜゆるき (kaze yuru ki)

Explanation
実り月 (みのりづき, minorizuki) – harvest moon

枝に残る葉
枝に (えだに, eda ni) – on a branch
残る葉 (のこるは, nokoru ha) – a leaf remains

風揺る木
風 (かぜ, kaze) – wind
揺る (ゆる, yuru) – shakes
木 (き, ki) – tree

English Version
Harvest moon above
On a branch, a leaf remains—
Tree trembles in wind

Placement

3rd place

4th place

Dr. Rhylance

Member: Dr. Rhylance
Textual submission: Unreliable
Mind not what it used to be
Fragmented and lost
Placement: 4th place

5th place

Professional Nildea Vidh

Member: Professional Nildea Vidh
Textual submission: Words fail to depart
Starting then stopping, starting...
The heart pounds, palms sweat
Placement: 5th place

6th place

Priest Azler Wilder

Member: Priest Azler Wilder
Submission: Priest Azler Wilder opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement: 6th place

7th place

Mistress Aphotis

Member: Mistress Aphotis
Textual submission: It's like the weather,
state of limited knowledge.
Now, what do I write?
Placement: 7th place

8th place

Asani Armis

Member: Asani Armis
Submission: Asani Armis opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: 8th place

9th place

Lieutenant Colonel Narman Losa

Member: Lieutenant Colonel Narman Losa
Textual submission: Shadows pass above
Safety is meters away
Do I stay or run
Placement: 9th place

10th place

Captain Meero

Member: Captain Meero
Textual submission: Just outside the door
An unknown world teems with life
Blindly we go forth
Placement: 10th place

Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven

Member: Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission: Questions and Doubts Come
Uncertainty Dwells Within
Fear of the Unknown
Placement: No placement

Ghost Edgar Drachen

Member: Ghost Edgar Drachen
Textual submission: I stress and I fear,
Then I delay to decide,
Uncertainity wins!
Placement: No placement

Reaper Heiken Akechi

Member: Reaper Heiken Akechi
Textual submission: Looking at the bank
The number draws closer to 0
Payday draws closer
Placement: No placement

Nikora Rhan

Member: Nikora Rhan
Submission: Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement: No placement