The Bamboo Hut

Current Issue Ju Roku is an invented form that I 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...

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winter time
the river floods its banks..
these cold dark feelings

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throwing stones into the river
the past always remains the past

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Cathedral reflections
the bells echo
across the river

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reinventing myself
no one will grant me
a patent

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Landscape painting
the tree by the river
is no more

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Another autumn has arrived
one year older
one year weaker

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the road not taken
where would it have led me?

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the wind ripples
the loch's water
I think about my ancestors

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Listening to dead singers
the rain beats
against the window

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Our stories of life
pain, regret, success
this is who we are

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Autumn sunshine
still dreaming
of a better life

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child of the dark moon
will you grow to give light to all?

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World smile day-
I practice in the mirror

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Yellow leaves
summer's work
is complete

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Autumn dusk
A curlew
breaks the silence

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shimmering reflections
A heron
stalks the shallows

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sixteenth night moon rise
A waning crescent
to hang my dreams on

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Shush, be still
listen to the
cicadas

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morning routine -
I pick the cards,
moon and meditation

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prayers and psalms
echoes
of a bygone age

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cathedral silence
I reconnect
with who I was

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listening to a Welsh hymn
I love the language
but not the words

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social media
the carrot
that motivates the masses

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the sea ebbs and flows
life moves from one
emotion to another

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Beautiful. Where is this?

rising moon
casting shadows
of fragility
and loneliness

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waning moon-
I contemplate
retirement

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rising moon-
the first cry
of a newborn

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the wind and the tide -
all the uncertainties
that we face in life

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