Muslim Beggars ...On Display

Muslim Beggars ...On Display, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

pain
a zonal
effect
black
white
gray
in the
slums
they stay
for a better
life they
pray
as hope
runs away
slippers
made of
plastic
feet
made
of clay

The Birth Of a Street Photographer Nerjis Shot By Marziya Shakir

The Birth Of a Street Photographer Nerjis Shot By Marziya Shakir, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Marziya Shakir
took this shot
a shot that
Nerjis on her
pictorial soul
caught timing
perfect on the dot
muslim beggars
plight and lot
muslim mother
her tiny tot
in bandra
backlane
suffer and rot
a plot within
a plot a picture
a forethought
the call of
the muezzin
on a holy friday
within earshot
street photography
unlearnt untaught

Marziya Shakir The Birth Of A Street Photographer

Marziya Shakir The Birth Of A Street Photographer, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

23 month old
on the threshold
a childs mind
in control
life began
to unfold
much before
the camera
she would
hold a world
of pain poetry
behold

Appu My Best Friend

Appu My Best Friend, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

no legs
no hands
on two
stumps
he stands
irritating flies
blood sucking
mosquitoes
barking dogs
his pain
wont ever
understand
his glistening
sweaty
body tanned
on this planet
how did he
land a story
i cannot
expand
a limbless
tree unplanned
on quicksand
a product
of my beloved
motherland

इतनी शक्ती हमे देना दाता , मन का विश्वास कमजोर हो ना हम चले नेक रस्ते पे हम से , भूलकर भी कोइ भूल हो ना

इतनी शक्ती हमे देना दाता , मन का विश्वास कमजोर हो ना हम चले नेक रस्ते पे हम से , भूलकर भी कोइ भूल हो ना, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

The Muslim Beggar Boy Has No Time For Games Or Toys

The Muslim Beggar Boy Has No Time For Games Or Toys, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

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he has no choice
he lost his voice
no time to enjoy
no home work
like other
schoolboys
cosmic fate
his inner hope
taunts destroys
but undefeated
he looks up
at god his master
his patience his poise
a few coins wont
change his destiny
the muslim beggar boy

A Coin That Wont Change A Muslim Blind Mothers Destiny

A Coin That Wont Change A Muslim Blind Mothers Destiny, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

she was
cursed
with blindness
before she
could guess
married
to a blind man
added to the mess
her children have
vision god bless
on the street
at pydhonie
her permanent
postal address
cosmic darkness
inert ineptitude
her life in distress
muslim beggars
by a system
oppressed
unless god
who also
turns a blind
eye showers
his largess