Ju Roku is an invented form that Steve Wilkinson, editor of The Bamboo Hut, developed a few years ago. "It is a succinct form limited to 16 syllables or less with no restriction on subject matter or line length. The only restriction is the limited number of syllables. It can reflect the characteristics of haiku, senryu, tanka, ryuka, doditsu or aphorism." The October, 2025 issue was a special feature of Ju Roku only. Here are some fine examples:
Selected Ju Roku:
every now and then
the road ragged mist
Bryan Rickert
his words, a storm
carried by the wind’s snarl
Marilyn Humbert
autumn stroll
by the river
i feel co(l)d
Pegah Rahmati Nezhad
kite
cloud
g
n
i
r
t
s
mind
Eric Sundquist
bent over
in ankle-deep water ...
a rice-planting song
no end to star(v)ing
harvest supermoon
Geethanjali Rajan
Cathedral reflections
the bells echo
across the river
Steve Wilkinson
a spiral of apple peel
(this longing)
snail track
the meander of thoughts
on life
river's edge ...
drowning the self
in myself
Chen-ou Liu
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