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Rema Prasanaa
! ## MUTE HUNGER
An ache perforates veins deep
Blood cold as moods of night
tears fall on food I eat
tears fall on food withered
Filled platters, piled up trash bins
Plastic flash cards' redeemed poise
Classy high end festive foyers
Dim lit reckless long end revelry
Minds relaxed on refined comforts
jaded dried leaves spread apart
life shriveled, cry for food
hear my heart from unknown souls
bracing measures count on scales
reversed ravage Friday flings
cried my mind on third world famine
poor souls' handcuffed hunger
Mute, deaf, dumb hunger
Strange unknown silent anguish....
Genuine thud on unarmed door steps
Benign heart you listen please....
Don’t, don’t waste fuel of life
Dear reader friends,
All over the world humans throw food to trash boxes, listen the cries of hunger, please don’t waste food, it is precious... Millions are dying in the third world of hunger.
A fresh estimate from the ministry of food processing says a whopping Rs 58,000 crore (Rs 580 billion) worth of agriculture food items get wasted in India every year resulting artificial demand, price hike and food shortage. People below poverty line are the sufferers.
Private consulting firm Rabo India Finance has prepared the food wastage report and presented it to the ministry.Quoting from the report, Minister of State for Food Processing told the Parliament that the fact that such a huge quantity of food items goes as waste in the country is an eye-opener.
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an eyeopener, definitely will move us into action
Great poem for great cause! Reminded my poems(to some extent) MY MOMENTS & MY SWEAT.
sathya narayana
Good subject and good write.Thanks.Keep writing more of this kind
Wastage of food is against all moralities, religion also condemn if we disrespect food, Good you have taken up this cause to invoke awareness, I hope this reaches far and wide and the poor souls handcuffed with hunger are relieved…
Abha
life shriveled, cry for food
hear my heart from unknown souls................
yet the hunger fledges the fire
soul yet at criss-cross redoubts the grave
tears gleans ruefully across the living
still rags the life reeking the rage in the belley................wonderful poetry with the metaphors that flows terribly piecing the rich valley, yet ingenious unnerves the heart, peace flecks away abruft when inflicted upon, great write, i do admire as when humanistic appellation, ++, thanks for sharing
hunger, that's the largest religion on earth! read my poem world's largest religion
the norm...
when we got
aplenty
we don't even
think...
of wasted foods
could save life
of others
dieing
of starvation
A nice poem with a cause
and concern of the hungry lot
I liked the diction.It is a difficult task
to compsoe a poem with these subjects.
Still you have crafted it very nicely
The coexistence of hunger and waste side by side amazing. Thanks for bringing this topic up.
This is something that those of us in the west are familiar with. We have
been aware of this for some time and we actually do have some voluntary programs to this effect. It is no where near enough. As for your poem.
I would rather your poem be a bit more clear in its wording. A poem with a purpose like this one, can't afford to be misunderstood.
GW62