Dug this out of old site (stored on paper) And decided to post my 1st Haiku here again

They say a poet at least should try
every form beneath the sky
not doing so retards his growth
like breaking some poetic oath

So Japanese I guess I'll try
"looked it up" so that I
won't come out a total fool
this form is just another tool

Haiku was there and something new
a form that is called "Senryu"
both governed more by length than flow..........*no limit on title length
time to begin, so here I go

..............Title( for both poems).....
EPIC TALE OF HAIR LOSS, SUBSEQUENT REALIZATION OF OWN MORTALITY FOLLOWED BY CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM............as translated by Kia Toyota

Haiku

Where has my hair gone?
guess this means my death is near
I hope not too soon

Senryu

Hair
..today
...gone
....tomorrow

Whew!, now that was really tough
title alone was quite enough
to make my head ace half a day
unsure if I like this way

Tense concentration made me sick
took great effort to make it click
too limited amount of words to pick
think I'll stay with my "classic"