Today I was made aware of the poetic form of the Senryu and what distinguishes it from a Haiku. I was not aware of this and so my past attempts were probably hybrids in many cases.
If you are interested in the difference there is a good page here explaining it.
I was made aware of it by these posts.
and
Over at the blog of Bastet and Sekhmet
So here is my first attempt – which is yesterday’s poem distilled into this form.
Senryu: Cross
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Fleeing from killers
The child runs desperately
To fill out a form.
Scott Andrew Bailey - Author 
Reblogged this on thehouseofbailey and commented:
Here is the Senryu version of the topical poem I posted the other day.
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Just read them both…very well done! 🙂
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That is one heck of a distillation. Well done.
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Yeah. Worked though!
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Yeah, but it works really well.
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