Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry 2025 Wall Calendar

The roots of Japanese haiku reach back over 1,000 years. In this poeticform, as in life, there is a pause, a shift, in which the poet celebratessensory awareness of the season, perhaps suggested by the scent of cherryblossoms or the silence of snow-covered tree limbs. The timeless appeal ofthis understated poetry may be the human desire to capture one’s impressionsof a fleeting moment.
Such seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku:nature and its ephemeral beauty. This calendar features 12 haiku paired withreproductions of exquisite Japanese woodcuts. Each poem is rendered inJapanese calligraphy, Romaji transliteration, and English translation.