Vijay Sai (30 12 1975 / Trichy, South India)

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Arrack Attack

Hard working men
Carrying rice bags
As heavy as their weights
Working in market lanes
All day along
Dawn till dusk
Earning pennies very few
Only to flock arrack shops
Spending time from dusk till dark
So menacing one such day
Many of them begin to die
Illicit liquor taking heavy toll
Ending their lives
Hooch tragedy
Rocking the day
Everyone should campaign
No drinking for healthy living

Vijay Sai
Submitted: Friday, December 16, 2011
Edited: Friday, December 16, 2011

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  • Parithi Muthurasan (3/21/2012 7:10:00 AM)

    this is a simple but fluent as kaveri

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  • Lilian Chromious Eveson (3/12/2012 7:50:00 AM)

    Sympathy in the beginning was what I saw, then it turned to somekind of persuasion to stop drinking liquor. Nicely written with good intentions. Good job. Thanks for inviting me to readyour poem, it's my pleasure.

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  • Rekha Mandagere (2/17/2012 3:14:00 AM)

    Misery of downtrodden section of India is painfully pictured here.It is a everyday life of toiling people of our nation. Let us pray god to free this great nation from this menace. Nice sentments and feelings for fellow men.

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  • Jasbir Chatterjee (2/16/2012 11:02:00 PM)

    the poem starts off well with sympathy for the laborers who drink because it gives them some respite from their daily suffering. But will campaigning solve their problems? Wouldn't it be a better idea if we think of ways to provide them alternative means of employment?

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  • Grunter (The Merry Prankster) Groupingrabber (2/16/2012 11:00:00 AM)

    Good poem. I like hooch. I'm German though. Love beer too. You paint a nice picture here. Grunter (from Germany)

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  • Sanu Puthupallil (2/16/2012 7:38:00 AM)

    POEM HAVING A TRUE MESSAGE......GREAT WORK BROTHER...

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  • Siyabonga a Nxumalo (2/16/2012 6:02:00 AM)

    Great poem with a powerful message...

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  • Martin O'Neill (2/16/2012 4:40:00 AM)

    I like the way you capture the plight of the poor, their longing to escape the reality of their painful existence through the oblivion of alcohol. A good poem with a message.

    I am not familiar with the term arrack? Is this a name for an illegal drinking den?

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  • Zhijian Jiang (2/16/2012 4:22:00 AM)

    I've seen the news of hooch tragedy from TV.The poem reflects the poet's anger, let the world understand local society.

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  • Herojit Ph. Multitasker (1/15/2012 5:13:00 AM)

    I'm speechless......what an amazing poem....

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