Competition: Haiku

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Haiku

Haikus are short, yet powerful. Able to convey emotion, create a visual or even tell a story in three simple lines.

Write a haiku about searching.

Haikus are poems written with words containing 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the next line and 5 syllables for the last line.

Poems will be graded based on staying to the structure of the poem (50%), creativity (30%) and adherence to the theme (20%). Ties will be broken based on creativity score.

Scoring

Participating in this competition award points towards the overall event following the scoring breakdown below.

1st place: 6 points
2nd place: 5 points
3rd place: 4 points
4th place: 3 points
5th place: 2 points
Participation: 1 point

Competition Information

Parent Competition: [PLA] Plagueian Competition Series: February Edition
Organized by: TuQ’uan Varick di Plagia
Running time: 2025-02-01 until 2025-02-28 (28 days)
Target Unit: Clan Plagueis
Competition Type: Poetry
Awards: Third Level Crescents
Participants: 5 subscribers, of which 4 have participated.

Results

1st place

Battlelord Katrila

Member: Battlelord Katrila
Textual submission: I can't remember.
Where is it? Driving me mad.
Aha! Ball of yarn.
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Seer J'Kast

Member: Seer J'Kast
Textual submission: Lost path, mind ablaze,
Seeking echoes in the dark,
Find the role to fill.
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae

Member: Adept Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae
Textual submission: Seeking the target
Easy or hard there's a thrill
To be in the hunt
Placement: 3rd place

4th place

Savant Zuser Whuloc

Member: Savant Zuser Whuloc
Textual submission: Roses can be red
Some can be yellow or pink
Roses are not blue
Placement: 4th place