Competition: Haiku: Week 2

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Haiku: Week 2

Week 2 is here. Best of luck to you all. Subscribe below for your writing prose.

Requirements for participation:

  • Subscribe to the competition, and submit either a .doc, .docx file, or in the text box.

  • No Google Drive Links Will Be Accepted

  • Follow the prompt. If the three judges agree that this hasn’t been done, you will be disqualified from that week’s challenge.

  • This is a haiku, so you must follow the 5-7-5 syllable count, as well the stanza requirement posted in each week's prompt.

  • Satirical entries will be accepted and graded accordingly. If they fail to properly reflect the spirit of the prompt, it will be reflected in the scoring.

  • Do Not Plagiarize! Plagiarism will be reported to the Justicar.

  • Have fun and be creative. Show us what that brain of yours can really do.

This weeks Haiku will be graded out of 20 points:

Spelling/Grammar: 20% Creativity: 30% Entertainment Value: 20% Originality: 30%

Rewards:

  • 1st: 10 points + 3rd tier crescent

  • 2nd: 9 points + 3rd tier crescent

  • 3rd: 8 points + 3rd tier crescent

  • 4th: 7 points

  • 5th: 6 points

  • 6th: 5 points

  • 7th: 4 points

  • 8th: 3 points

  • 9th: 2 points

  • 10th: 1 point

Competition Information
Parent Competition
Twelve Weeks a Haiku
Organized by
Blade Master Aiden Lee Deshra, Rosalyn May, Reaver Tra'an Reith di Plagia
Running time
2016-04-08 until 2016-04-15 (8 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Third Level Crescents
Participants
23 subscribers, of which 19 have participated.
Results
1st place
Misium
Member
Misium
Textual submission

Run from the darkness.
Scream until your lungs collapse.
It will not save you.

Placement
1st place
Member
General Kenath Zoron Ad Vizsla
Submission
General Kenath Zoron Ad Vizsla opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
2nd place
Member
Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Textual submission

Peace? An illusion.
Only passion gives me strength.
The Force shall free me.

Placement
3rd place
Member
Master Zsarion Bloodfyre
Textual submission

Lust, Greed, Sadism.
Consuming hatred fills me.
Live through the Dark Side.

Placement
4th place
Member
Keirdagh Taldrya Cantor
Textual submission

Eradicate hope.
Bathe in glorious darkness.
Become what men fear.

Placement
5th place
6th place
Darth Renatus
Member
Darth Renatus
Textual submission

It slithers inside...
The darkness will grow in time,
Consuming the light.

Placement
6th place
7th place
Kul'tak Drol
Member
Kul'tak Drol
Textual submission

Filtered from within
A silhouette of power
Slaves to desire

Placement
7th place
Member
Howlader Taldrya
Textual submission

The Dark Side Brings Strength
Strength Will Lead To Great Power
Great Power Is Life

Placement
8th place
Member
Maenaki Delavi'in
Textual submission

Power comes from fear.
Devastation knows no bounds
The Force will free us.

Placement
8th place
10th place
Korroth
Member
Korroth
Textual submission

The one breath that comes
before the red blade ignites;
that red breath of hate

Placement
10th place
10th place
Aul Celsus
Member
Aul Celsus
Textual submission

Darkness surrounds me
Wisdom from ancient masters
Seals fate with power

Placement
10th place
Member
Qyreia Arronen
Textual submission

Passion is the fuel
in shaping the universe
to my desires

Placement
No placement
Member
Adept Bentre Stahoes
Textual submission

power passion pride
Vader, Sidious, and Bane
battling the Light

Placement
No placement
Member
Malice
Textual submission

Better than the light.
Join us, we have the cookies,
like a freaking boss.

Placement
No placement
Member
Lord Halcyon
Textual submission

The Dark Side is great
With all of that choking fun
And all the cookies!

Placement
No placement
Member
Proconsul Diyrian "Diy" Grivna
Textual submission

Cloaked within darkness
And without limitations
Change we will progress

Placement
No placement
Member
Aiden Dru
Submission
Aiden Dru opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind
Textual submission

Dark side are the Sith
Rage flowing Power hungry
Destroying the light

Placement
No placement
Member
Geosh Romanae
Submission
Geosh Romanae opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement