[Objective]

Ribbit - First haiku is nice although I'm struggling to connect it with ''Summer''. I can't get the second haiku to connect with the topic at all and it wasn't very atmospheric either which I personally enjoy Haiku's to be. Same thing goes for the last haiku, it's too straigh forward for my taste and doesn't connect with the topic at all.

I couldn't get any of your Haiku's to connect with the topic, even if they should connect to the topic after you've explained it I'm having too much of an issue to see it as it stands now which puts you in a bad position getting the W this time around. All of them connected to a complete verse tho and that's pretty cool but that's the only compliment I can give as it didn't follow the traditional set up, nature or anything else worthy to point out.

Witty - First Haiku is pretty nice. Don't really care for the second tbh. The last one is your strong suit imo, loved that one. Dope set up, atmospheric and solid throughout. Your Haiku's also connected with each other, cool shit. I'm having trouble to see how it connects to the theme ''summer'' you were given this week though, your story could happen any time of the year.

Rakontour - First haiku is somewhat ''chopped'' up, not really complete sentences but uses context clues to give the reader the full image of what's going on. That's dope in itself but seeing how all of your Haiku's are like this it seems more of a crutch to me and lazy set up that could need some polishing. I don't know why I ain't digging it tbh, don't mean to bash it just trying to explain what it is that I didn't like.

I'm also having the same issue with your first two haikus like I have with Witty. Even though your last verse at least got ''sun rises'' which somewhat can connect to the topic ''summer'' it still is a bit weak imo.

Vote - Even though metaphores and similes are vaguely used here and there to qualify as ''summer'' which is the topic given for this week I still find it a little bit too much on the edge to score points, it also lacked a little on the atmospheric and traditional tone of Haiku's which I personally find beauty in. Nature is what exemplifies and defines Haiku so I'm kind of bummed none of you took advantage of that in a three way battle and instead went for an overly ambitious route.

Seeing how I'm having issues with the topic given this week I'm going to go by who went by the topic the best, atmosphere and the traditional set-up of 7,5,7 to give bonus points towards my final vote. Witty had the best set ups that I personally prefer with all of his being in traditional form and Rakontour had a vague connection to summer with the last Haiku.

Witty had the better atmosphere and set-up that I enjoy the most along with the best haiku of the battle (his last), so Witty gets my vote.