Carpe Diem Sparkling Stars #1, "Frogpond"

 An all new feature at CD Haiku Kai

These new haiku, inspired on a given 'masterpiece', have to follow the classical rules of haiku:

1. 5-7-5 syllables
2. a kigo (or seasonword)
3. a kireji (or cutting word, in Western languages mostly interpunction)
4. a moment as short as the sound of a pebble thrown into water
5. a deeper meaning (could be Zen-Buddhistic or other spiritual or religious thought)
6. and the first and the third line are interchangeable.

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Inspirational haiku by Matsuo Basho

the old pond (-)
      a frog jumps in
            sound of water

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My inspiration

on the silken strands
     sad fly plays a minor chord (-)
          orb weaver's delight


Notes:
1) Basho's in translation does not follow 5-7-5, but Kristjaan assures us that in the Japanese Onji it does.
2) Since cicadas and mosquitoes can be summer kigo, I think it's fair to assign the fly a similar role. UPDATE:  Yes, the fly is vindicated. [Thanks to Jen at Blogitorloseit]
3 In English haiku the cutting "word" is often an implied caesura.  I made it explicit with (-).
4) A moment as short as a plucking a string.
5) I'm thinking a lot this week about the circle of life, and it's inherent indifferent cruelty.  YMMV.
6)  Just so.

orb weaver's delight (-)
     sad fly plays a minor chord
          on the silken strands

Carpe Diem Sparkling Stars #1, "Frogpond"