TankaTuesday#6

It’s time for Colleens #TankaTuesday the weekly challenge (October 22 – November 6). The rules are to to write in any of the 24 syllabic forms of Japanese poetry using a kigo or season word as an inspiration. While there are 24 seasons in Japan, we are allowed to use season words as per our region.

Here’s my tanka for the challenge:

hazy morning

jogging before

Diwali

deciding to wear

a sari

Although Diwali could be the kigo word but since this year it is on 12th of November I thought perhaps it may be too early to use it. Yet it may be noted, everything is geared around Diwali now, particularly shopping. But anyway I have used ‘hazy morning’ as the kigo word as this time of the year is notorious for pollution haze, particularly in Delhi region due to a variety of factors which apparently are beyond correction. I am presuming that most, if not all, will be familiar with Diwali the festival of lights when Lord Rama returned home after spending 14 years in the wilderness and defeating the evil King Ravan. A sari is the traditional unstitched garment that is 6 yards (5.5 meters) long. I am hoping the advantages of opting for such an apparel would be self-evident 😉

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Dahlia

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  4. Dahlia… beautiful tanka and your write up equally lovely… keep at that jogging…😁😉

    ” I am hoping the advantages of opting for such an apparel would be self-evident…😉”
    🤍

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  6. London is calm after the stormy night.Yes Diwali is round the corner.I am busy cooking sweets. Can’t bear to wear a sari in this cold and wet weather. Lovely Tanka.

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  7. The haze from pollution occurs each year at this time, right Dahlia? In that case I would have to say “pollution haze.” Because haze can occur at any time of the year, we need more information to give us the season. Jogging in a sari? I love all the details about Diwali, the festival of lights. 🪔

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