Competition: Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 17

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Jack's Haiku Extravaganza Week 17
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
2025-05-04 until 2025-05-10 (7 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Second Level Crescents
Participants
8 subscribers, of which 7 have participated.
Results
Member
Mistress Aphotis
Textual submission

Deep disappointment,
sorrow seeping in the heart,
acknowledge feelings.

Placement
1st place
Member
Blade Mistress Shadow Nighthunter
Textual submission

Words spoken now haunt
Bond broken, brother distant
Regret comes too late

Placement
2nd place
Member
Advisor Reiden Palpatine Karr
Textual submission

I am so sorry
I have forgotten Haiku
I have brought great shame.

Placement
3rd place
Member
Blade Master Ryuu Suoh
Submission
Blade Master Ryuu Suoh opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
4th place
5th place
Nikora Rhan
Member
Nikora Rhan
Submission
Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
5th place
Member
Battlelord Lexiconus Qor
Textual submission

Frost clings to old steps—
the words I should not have said
echo through silence.

Placement
6th place
7th place
Sato Tarentae
Member
Sato Tarentae
Textual submission

One unspoken word,
Now echoes through hollow halls,
A fool's quiet cry.

Placement
7th place