About contemporary haiku and senryu

Contemporary english-language haiku are much more than the 5-7-5 syllable nature poems we studied in elementary school. At their core, haiku express a moment of awareness, usually occurring in the most ordinary moments of daily life. Haiku refer to nature, often to a season, and many haiku illuminate humankind's place in nature. Senryu express a moment of awareness about humanity or human interactions, rather than nature, and often are subtly humorous, but are otherwise like haiku. Haiku and senryu both contain two separate images. The juxtaposition of those images creates the resonance that draws the reader deeper.
Haiku and senryu are written in the present tense and are short - it is often said that they can be read in one breath - but they need not follow the 5-7-5 syllable format, and are, in fact, typically shorter. Although usually three lines, they can just as easily be written in one line, as in Japanese.
Haiku and senryu express our experience boiled down to its essentials. When a moment in life touches us, haiku and senryu answer the question, what moved me to be aware of this moment?

two canoes

chained to a rock

autumn sky

[Frogpond, Vol. 42, No. 2, spring/summer 2019]

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the limping fawn

has lost its spots

winter dawn

[Modern Haiku, Vol 50.2, Summer 2019]

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as fast as the bike will go blood moon

[Mariposa 38, Spring/Summer 2018]
June gloom
his cardboard sign
blank

[Mariposa 38, Spring/Summer 2018]
my fingerprints
no longer unlocks the phone
dark matter

[Mariposa 38, Spring/Summer 2018]
the dog stops
to sniff piss
lilies

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 48.2, Summer 2017]
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the robin pulls
a worm taut
no word yet

[Mariposa 36, Spring/Summer 2017]
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packed subway car
a mosquito attacks
the fluorescent light

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 47.2, Summer 2016]
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wishing well
an old woman
reaches in

[A Splash of Water, Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2015]
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waiting for beer foam to collapse my comment

[Mariposa 32, Spring/Summer 2015]
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baptism
on the church steps a moth
blends in

[Mariposa 32, Spring/Summer 2015]
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riverbank
the long wait
for darkness

[Tinywords, Issue 14.2, Nov. 17, 2014]
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festival
the boy too young
not to dance

[Tinywords, Issue 14.2, Oct. 23, 2014]
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summer dusk
the outline of the baseball
in the bruise

[Frogpond, Vol. 37:2, Spring/Summer 2014]
kleenex flower --
putting the kids to bed
over the phone

 From the Haibun "Tween"

[Frogpond, Vol. 37:2, Spring/Summer 2014]
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first star
I make up
a reason

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 45.2, Summer 2014]
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red light the tribe of this street corner

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 45.2, Summer 2014]
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goose down
drifts to the floor
baggage claim

[Mariposa 30, Spring/Summer 2014]
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trekking alone the path of a satellite

[Frogpond, Vol. 37:1, Winter 2014]
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Indian summer --
stepping into the path
of her perfume

[Tinywords, Issue 13.3, Nov. 22, 2013]
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