POET KAVIMUGIL

KAVIMUGIL
A TRENDSETTER FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION

‘Kavimugil’ is the pen-name of A.P.Sakthivel, a poet who is worth mentionable for his Haiku model poems in Tamil.Kavimugil is shaped and molded as a prominent poet by his mentor Thaaraa barathi, an illustrious poet of Tamilnadu who had died a premature death at his early fifties.
Thaaraa Barathi can be described as ‘The Mayakovsky of India’for his highly motivating poems, which are still a source of inspiration for the youth of Tamilnadu.

“ Do not say I am empty-handed
It is unwise;
A big fortune your ten
Fingers may rise. “
Is the famous poem written by Thaaraa Barathi which acts as a morale-booster among the unemployed youth of Tamilnadu.Most of Thaaraa Barathi’s poems have the potential to serve as a source of inspiration for its readers, irrespective of their age and status.

Kavimugil also got his source of inspiration from Thaaraa Barathi and he had his upward mobility from a middle-class job seeker to an owner of an Auto-Financing company. Thaaraa Barathi awakened the poet in him at the appropriate time in an appropriate manner.
Kavimugil’s poems have a powerful satirical note.

We built many houses
But still we are
Sleeping in pavements.

Oh! The prices!
Have gone up!
For M.P.s!

Let us fight till the end
Success will be there
For our Bosses!

We shouted, “The country is ours”
Misunderstood the politicians
They sold it to amass wealth

These mini-poems written in a Haiku format are full of sarcasm and have the power to educate the readers about the social evils. Avoiding direct attack and harsh criticism Kavimugil makes the reader laugh instantaneously after reading the poem. The reader gets an awareness to understand the prevailing social problems and acquires a responsibility to devote his attention in the right path to usher in a welfare society.

The poet also lashes out at the pollution prevalent in cities and towns inhabited by the ‘so called’ intellectuals.

Our breath and the air
Everything is polluted by smoke.
Our conversation polluted by English
Have become inimical to our soil;
The water available for drinking
Is full of worms and viruses;
No time to converse with friends;
We have become Robots!

Urbanization process has changed the values of life; Men have become machines. They have to run, run and run in the ‘rat race’ to achieve material success. In this hurry, they forget their families and friends. There arises a big vacuum in life. The poet makes the readers realize their follies by his poem.

An important message is told in simple words, which are able to convey the poet’s message in a befitting manner.

Kavimugil is a trend-setter in the younger generation. His poems reveal his mature mind, which crave for a socialist state devoid of barriers in the name of Caste, Religion, Language and status. When his readers realize this and initiate steps in a democratic manner we are sure his dreams will be translated into social change.

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