The Passing Spring

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Haiku of Transience and Empathy

This is a haiku that compresses transience into a single seasonal image. The phrase passing spring functions as a kigo, signaling impermanence. In its brief lines, animal voices—mourning birds and weeping fish—project human sorrow and amplify communal grief without explicit commentary. The haiku's compact structure concentrates feeling and relies on the reader to connect image and mood, making absence and loss felt rather than stated.