鉛筆で指す海青し卒業歌　　寺山修司

enpitsu de sasu umi aoshi sotsugyôka

pointing the blue ocean

with a pencil…

graduation song

                                                Shuji Terayama

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Shuji Terayama (1935-1983) is a poet and playwright.   Japanese school year ends in March and ‘sotsugyô (graduation)’ is a spring kigo.