diwali brightens
the darkest night of the year
heart-warming visits
messages from kith and kin
love enough to last winters
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diwali brightens
the darkest night of the year
heart-warming visits
messages from kith and kin
love enough to last winters
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How beautiful! Wonderful poem, Reena.
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Thank you so much!
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This is lovely, Reena. I hope you had a wonderful Diwali celebration.
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Yeah, it’s till on for the week. Thank you so much, Robbie!
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That is lovely, I didn’t realise it lasted a week.
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🤗🙌
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Hoping my other comment got through? A pop-up forcing me to sign up with my email showed up and now the comment has disappeared 😦
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Reena you can delete this 2nd (and 3rd!) comment if you want to.
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It’s the platform, not me 😊
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I noticed that as I was reading other poems. WP always having to mess with things, and not always for the better.
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There is nothing that will keep us safer and warmer than the love of family. Beautiful sentiment and such a pretty picture.
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Thank you so much, Lisa!
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You’re very welcome, Reena.
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Love can get us through the coldest winter!
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True. Thank you so much, D.L. Finn!
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Happy Diwali ❤
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Thank you so much!
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You’re most welcome.
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A beautiful poem , our eldest son isat Diwali celebrations tonight with his staff. 💜💜💜
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Great! Thank you so much, Willow!
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💜💜
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Beautiful, Reena. I’m not familiar with Diwali, so thank you for sharing it with us. 😊
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Thank you, Gwen!
We decorate the house and commercial spaces with oil lamps, candles, flowers and rangoli on doorsteps. And of course, eat, drink, party and be merry 🍷💃❤️❤️
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I’ve been lighting my candles every night at dusk. It’s a lovely celebration. Happy Diwali, Reena.
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Wishing you the same, Colleen! So glad that you like and follow a quaint custom.
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❤️
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I love it! I’ll be lighting candles for Diwali this year too. What a lovely tradition. 🪔
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Great to know that. Enjoy 👍😀
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Thanks, Reena. xx
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I love reading about Diwali, Reena! It sounds like such a lovely festival! Love is just what we need this winter 🙂
Much love,
David
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Thank you, David! May Peace and Love descend in your world – Diwali or no Diwali 🙏🙏
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Does the word “Diwali” have a meaning as a word? Or is it just the name of the festival?
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Diwali is a short form of Deepawali – it means a string of oil lamps. Homes are decorated with earthen lamps, candles and/or electric lights. You can call it a festival of lights
Darkest corners of the house, office or colony are cleaned and lit up – a mission to drive away darkness from lives and landscapes on a New Moon night.
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Thanks ❤️ 🙏🏻
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Very nice use of kigo word- Diwali
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It was the easiest thing to strike – amidst the house cleaning jobs that I’m busy with 🙂
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🩷🩵❤️ Happy Diwali 🪔
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Thank you so much!
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You’re most welcome
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