2016 Haiku/Japanese Art and Poetry Wall Calendar

In the Japanese haiku poem, as in life, there is a pause, a shift, in which the poet celebrates sensory awareness of the season, perhaps suggested by the scent of red plum blossoms or the silence of a snow-covered meadow. Such seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku: nature and its ephemeral beauty. This calendar pairs twelve woodcuts with haiku rendered in Japanese calligraphy, romanji transliteration, and English translation.