Impotency Of Writing (India) Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Writers are thinkers; they write with wisdom.
Writings get auras and writers get awes.
Strength of literature is direct response
That comes from the readers to the writing.

Shakespeare came to fame by his strength of pen.
Without any impediment to his fame,
His genius flowed from his pen and made him tall.
Writers didn’t write for any award or purse.

Writers wrote what they felt true without fear.
They didn’t face organized intolerance
In the name of religion, cast or language,
Which would lead to assault and battery.

Writers didn’t promote their books published
With aggressive marketing from huge sum,
Paid reviewers, paid news and canvassed award.
Writers had guts to say without hypocrisy.

Now sources of wealth and connections
Help anyone become a prolific writer.
Fearing assault, potential writers
Have settled down to write about the moon.

Purpose of the writer is to give voice
To the readers voiceless and receptive,
Which lacks now from faction ridden writers.
Impotency of writing is looming.
12.10.2015