Burns spiders' net with
incense stick in the alcove
paper deity
unmoved by prayers for safe
sojourn in the new city

--R.K.SINGH

the best poems i hear are the ones i dont understand.....because they must mean that much more to the writer...

liked it very much.

Thanks, Highguy, for your compliment. Except for the cultural connotation, the poem should be understandable.
In most Hindu homes one will find a calendar, or picture of a god or goddess (printed on it or on a paper)which is worshipped as in a church or temple.
I have tried to image it in my tanka.
R K