Picture: "Under Privileged Child at Hull House" - 1910 - by Lewis Hine (1874-1940). He was best known for his use of photography as a means to achieve social reform. In his hand, the camera became a powerful means of recording social injustice and labor abuses. Hine's interest in social welfare and reform movements led him in 1905 to begin his first documentary series; immigrants on Ellis Island.

SENRYU is a Japanese short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. Unlike Haiku, senryu is about human nature and doesn't need a season word. It resonates on a deeper level, leaving the reader enlightened and making an insightful connection between the top two lines and the last one, called the SATORI. It's written in 17 syllables OR LESS and three lines.

Thank you very much for reading and reviewing my poems.

Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis

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