Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 14

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 14

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: 2025-04-13 until 2025-04-19 (7 days)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Second Level Crescents
Participants: 15 subscribers, of which 14 have participated.

Results

1st place

Governor Tierra Suha'sen

Member: Governor Tierra Suha'sen
Textual submission: A single flame glows
Through the hush of endless night
Guiding hearts to dawn
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Governor Hugo Siphaar

Member: Governor Hugo Siphaar
Textual submission: Through shadows it shines
A flicker in darkness' grasp
Hope's whisper prevails
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Lontra Boglach

Member

Lontra Boglach

Textual submission

Hope
Lontra Boglach

Needed to survive
It's absence causes great pain
It is everything

Placement

3rd place

4th place

Warlord Furios Morega di Plagia

Member: Warlord Furios Morega di Plagia
Textual submission: Cries for salvation
Begging for a savior
Crushed under my heel
Placement: 4th place

5th place

Consul Diyrian "Diy" Grivna

Member: Consul Diyrian "Diy" Grivna
Textual submission: Without fail she rise,
Over Horizon our star,
Dajorra on high
Placement: 5th place

6th place

Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven

Member: Sith Eternal Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Textual submission: Expectations rise
Bright future awaits everyone
Hope inspires all dreams
Placement: 6th place

7th place

Knight Remalia Manvar

Member: Knight Remalia Manvar
Textual submission: Never a promise
Sometimes is naivety
Always within reach
Placement: 7th place

8th place

Battlelord Lexiconus Qor

Member: Battlelord Lexiconus Qor
Textual submission: Ash falls on still soil,
but one green shoot finds the sun—
a promise not lost.
Placement: 8th place

9th place

Mistress Aphotis

Member: Mistress Aphotis
Textual submission: Near devastation,
clawing to life, memories,
a hand reaches out.
Placement: 9th place

10th place

Epis Sato Tarentae

Member: Epis Sato Tarentae
Textual submission: Piercing rays of sun
chasing aways night's shadow,
light births a new hope
Placement: 10th place

Lieutenant Colonel Narman Losa

Member: Lieutenant Colonel Narman Losa
Textual submission: Thunder shakes your bones
On the horizon, a light
Soon it will all end
Placement: No placement

Fleet Captain Zebina "Ji" Arad

Member: Fleet Captain Zebina "Ji" Arad
Textual submission: My last haiku bad
Tenth place or some such nonsense
This time me better?
Placement: No placement

General Zentru'la

Member: General Zentru'la
File submission: haiku.txt
Textual submission: In white armour scorched
The general holds the line
A symbol of hope
Placement: No placement

Nikora Rhan

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