Flickr On Twitter Needs To Grow Up ,,,

Such juvenile poor choice of pictures that it makes me throw up, and there is a galaxy of some of the most profound prolific photographers ..and we learn from them.. I am disappointed with the curator on Twitter ,, he or she needs to be a photographer or is it a robot ,, like their customer care ,,, I hope they recover and I am not in the league of those photographers stalwarts veterans .. I have been pimping my Flickr timeline much before Flickr came on Twitter , I promote Flickr too  my Twitter timeline is photo based and mostly with my links from Flickr ,,




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A Beggar Poet Died Of Flickr Overdose

a chapter by his untimely
passing away now shut
closed .
this is the obituary of
a beggar poet firoze
tears on the soul of
his poetry a cyber god
froze lying out there
in deathly throes
a man watches him
while feeding the crows
be nice to people on
your way up as you
meet them down below
death angelic in her
daintiness has added
on the face of incongruity
a spectral glow as the rains
lash furiously as the winds
blow .when you die you
leave everything behind
beneath your nakedness
you have nothing to show
your friends remember you
but you are comatose
locked poetry captive prose

think flickr think you robbed a
poet of his humility his humanity
you stole his honor when you
robbed his last pair of clothes

dedicated to mr thomas hawk a great teacher guru
waving out to me from a bridge up close ,,as angel
gabriel took away the beggar poets soul shut the doors

My Broken Wing.. At Flickr I Shall No More Sing

i refuse to be 

a profiled defiled

puppet on the 

string i was born 

shall never be a 

slave to any king 

master of the 

cosmic ring 

a beggar poet 

with a broken wing 

destiny doomed 

out of sync

cosmically 

jinxed 

flickr is a robot 

how do i make 

flickr think..

Think Flickr Think

Think Flickr Think

Facebook
Twitter
Indiblogger
no more
Flickr links
my photostream
forcefully restricted
from public view
your censoring
unreasonable
not in sync

Think Flickr Think

somebody
has reported
abuse on my
shia documentary
my beggar posts
my naga sadhu
pictures got
you hoodwinked
you flushed me
down the sink

Think Flickr Think

please re review
my sets albums
be mature considerate
do a rethink.. we are
all human dont judge
me by your robots
methinks please
double think

Think Flickr Think

a beggar poet
rights of admission
reserved every
armor has a chink
dont cause a stink


Think Flickr Think

dedicated to ms marissa mayer

RIP ..BETA

RIP ..BETA, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Think Flickr Think
Dumb Eyed
Dont Blink
Wake Up
Click The Link
A Collective
Thought
A Peaceful Protest
On The Soul
Of Your Sleeping
Consciousness
Jointly Inked
Hopefully It Should
Not Go Down The Sink
Reach You Before
You Hit The Brink

RIP NEW FLICKR ...NEW FLICKR DIED OF OVERDOSE

too much of anything
is bad a thought arose
new flickr in deathly throes
funereal poetry partly prose
on the face of the pros
flickr management shut
its doors in memoriam mass
on 20 august pall bearers
as free members they chose
think flickr think new flickr sucks
says a beggar poet firoze
moving out to 500 other friendly
photo sites ex pro members
in shell shock deep repose
why this harakiri a question
in all humility i pose
my favorite old flickr was
murdered in his sleep
no he did not die of overdose
my photostream with a flood
of blood sweat tears overflows
why why a torture on us pros
you impose ...the pride of flickr
wont ever come back once
they go .. flickr refugees
finding new homes on
strange shores .. boats
sailing in the winds
without oars ... a thought
rises soars ...we have
been treated worse than
street side whores ..

god too is sad ... of course
with you arm twisting force

Behind every great man....lies the Androgynous Soul of Another Man

I sent a message to Flickr moderators Flickr moral Police ,a simple letter envisaging my pain as a poet as blogger and as a human being.

As a photographer I moderate my pictures according to Flickr guidelines terms and regulation , my account is marked safe.. I dont shoot or showcase porn I shoot hijra tits only to show you that hijras too can grow fruits on a barren tree .. I have had hijra stripping in front  of me to shoot them raw I simply politely refused their request.. shooting nudes human body form creatively as study of Fine Art cannot be a crime if is done aesthetically but I have never ventured that far.

My late Guru shot nudes but I did not participate he shot some of the best nudes , I kept away from this genre of photography.

I shoot Naga Sadhus during the Kumbh, I  shot my Naga Guru Shri Vijay Giri Maharaj but my pictures of the ling kriya and the entire Naga Sadhu set is moderated by Flickr Moral Police for showing frontal nudity , and it shocks me , Naga Sadhus dont titillate , it is culture and their way of chosen life.

I have lived with the Naga Sadhus perhaps the only Muslim who begged with them at the Kumbh ate left overs to be a part of them , and thus paved my way of gaining their trust to shoot pictures .. the ling kriya and the night before the Shahi Snan.

As a circumcised Muslim I could not be like them though I had the trust of my Guru who considers me his own , I am his disciple and I promote Hinduism as the inheritance of my Birth , it does not dent my belief as a Shia Muslim.. I give respect I get respect.. from all of you too.

So this unnecessary censorship really aggravates me , this picture cannot be viewed by public Why?  What is wrong I dont know..is it the title ..Behind every great man....lies the Androgynous Soul of Another Man I dont think so...The cross dresser behind me is a Muslim he wanted to be treated as a Woman he made his choice he performs on stage he made money for his family bought a house a shop but he does not want to be a Hijra .. and I documented his angst, he along with Ritu Hijra came home dressed as men to meet my wife daughter , and were surprised that they were shown the same respect as we show to our guests.. Hospitality is the fundamental birthright of the Indian.

I have promoted my Flickr blogs I refuse to call them pictures all over cyberspace , be it Facebook an account I have deleted , or Google+ that is my new samovar on the net .

I have 20000+visitors to my Flickr photostream every day I say this in humility and I blog everyday, I link my Flickr blogs at Indiblogger forum to on Indi Vine..

I am a member at Flickr since June 2007..

I taught my 3 year old grand daughter photography so that she too will be a blogger one day showcase Gods world , the world beyond sunsets , mountains insects the world infested by human beings who are treated worse than insects ..

So I have requested Flickr moderators to review my moderated pictures in a new light and not to be regressive like people living in a monolithic age ..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/firozeshakir/2735014091/in/photostream/