Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 11

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 11
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
2025-03-23 until 2025-03-29 (7 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Second Level Crescents
Participants
12 subscribers, of which 11 have participated.
Results
Member
Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission

Statues of Heroes
Standing the test of ages
Remembering the past

Placement
1st place
2nd place
Nikora Rhan
Member
Nikora Rhan
Submission
Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
2nd place
Member
Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr
Textual submission

Collected knowledge
Teachings passed down through the years
Legacy lives on

Placement
3rd place
4th place
Sato Tarentae
Member
Sato Tarentae
Textual submission

Green moss on cold stone,
Through tempest wild, searing sun,
It grows, it endures.

Placement
4th place
Member
Lontra Boglach
Textual submission

Preservation by Lontra Boglach

Loud the baby cries
Rage replaces hope for all sleep
Never shake baby

Placement
5th place
Member
Governor Hugo Siphaar
Textual submission

I'm inwardly frail
Destined to lose everything
But I will survive

Placement
6th place
Member
Aedile Syrena Valkar
Submission
Aedile Syrena Valkar opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
7th place
8th place
Dr. Rhylance
Member
Dr. Rhylance
Textual submission

Untouched and sublime
Protected, sheltered from harm
No decay this day

Placement
8th place
Member
Lieutenant Colonel Narman Losa
Textual submission

Respect the cycle
The leaf falls when the time comes
To die is to live

Placement
9th place
Member
Priest Azler Wilder
Submission
Priest Azler Wilder opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
10th place
Member
Ghost Edgar Drachen
Textual submission

Life gets hard and rough
You can be hit from all sides
Stand up and move on.

Placement
No placement