Arrack Attack Poem by Vijay Sai R

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

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahmud Hassan 21 August 2013

really nice one...there is a message for us

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Kanniappan Kanniappan 21 June 2013

I have seen one hooch tragedy during 96 or 97 in Trichy GH, a few people were admitted with loss of vision for treatment.

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Sam Lina 11 August 2012

the message of this poem goops up as a moral for everyone..!

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Kevin Maroney 01 June 2012

Hi. I understand the message of this poem, but the problem is that you make it too obvious. You literally say what you want to get across - I would hint at it in a fashion that more involves the reader. For example, use more metaphors and imagery to help people to understand without making it too simple. :)

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Parithi Muthurasan 21 March 2012

this is a simple but fluent as kaveri

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Rajendran Muthiah 03 June 2017

Trolleys and Tempos are used in cities. Workers carrying loads on their backs and squandering their hard earned money in liquor shops is still going on somewhere. Women are demolishing the liquor shops in Tamil Nadu. The poet has written a poem on the forgotten group of workers. Excellent!

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Sophy Chen 26 September 2015

Oh, sad men in their life but they can live better if they read some books after their working! thanks for your poems

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Ryan Brodesser 24 February 2014

Where do you live to write about such tragic events? Is this poem indeed historically significant?

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Full Moon 06 January 2014

simple words. bigger message. Good

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Geetha Jayakumar 08 September 2013

Beautiful poem again from you. Its very positive message... May be the heavy work load, at the end just a penny, so many stomach to feed, tumbled in worries, so may lead to way to arrack..But some do it just for fun also....may be they may change once they get good income, then some positivity in their life will surely come. A dream they can think of something optimistic. Unemployment, under wages..one of the main reasons for this.. Loved the message you wanted to convey it.

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Vijay Sai R

Vijay Sai R

Trichy, South India
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