To I POT

To I POT, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

photo courtesy xris and nat taylor

this is I pot
a graceful elegant lady
calling the shots
no more a little tot
a princess
most sought
that god taylor made
into the hearts
of xris and his beautiful wife nat
bought
signed sealed on the dot
her first picture
my 1000 poem
while she lay
in the hospital cot
her doting father
on his mobile shot
a buzznet new member
top slot
a proud princess
in a Californian Camelot

to i pot

Kick His Ass Says Mother Goat

Kick His Ass Says Mother Goat, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Kick his Ass says Mother Goat
many a battles I have fought
but one night the black rascal
his father got me a bloat
now me a white mother
with a black child I float
neighbors envy
owners plight
as a rumor to report
the father was sent
to the slaughter house
please note
its his last memory
of a ravaged love I dote
some times poison
too serves
as an antidote
black and white
two faces of a same coin
a pedestrian poet wrote
you are prone to elect criminals
whether you vote or do not vote

Coming Soon at Facebook

Coming Soon at Facebook, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Coming Soon: Facebook Usernames

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Coming Soon: Facebook Usernames
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by Blaise DiPersia Today at 12:41am
From the beginning of Facebook, people have used their real names to share and connect with the people they know. This authenticity helps to create a trusted environment because you know the identity of the people and things on Facebook. The one place, though, where your identity wasn't reflected was in the Web address for your profile or the Facebook Pages you administer. The URL was just a randomly assigned number like "id=592952074." That soon will change.

We're planning to offer Facebook usernames to make it easier for people to find and connect with you. When your friends, family members or co-workers visit your profile or Pages on Facebook, they will be able to enter your username as part of the URL in their browser. This way people will have an easy-to-remember way to find you. We expect to offer even more ways to use your Facebook username in the future.



Your new Facebook URL is like your personal destination, or home, on the Web. People can enter a Facebook username as a search term on Facebook or a popular search engine like Google, for example, which will make it much easier for people to find friends with common names. Your username will have the same privacy setting as your profile name in Search, and you can always edit your search privacy settings.

My comment
Firoze Shakir at 2:22pm June 10
Why dont you use my existing name as my username ..this sounds dumb to say the least ..sometimes facebook developer walks in his sleep ..transferring his nightmares on to our web page of sorrow..

Lyricless Music of Life

Lyricless Music of Life, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

listen to the lyricless
music of life
pain sorrow misery
moments of happiness
battered shattered in strife..
man does not like to see
others alive
in one hand a holy book
the other hand a knife
seeking a mistress
in another mans wife


to akbar simonese ..

Marziya Doing the Samba

Marziya Doing the Samba, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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marziya loves to dance
every time she gets a chance
doing the samba on the sofa
at first glance
stepping softly in advance
between marziya and my camera
a genetic pictorial romance
a moment within a moment
of a spiritual stance
its my camera eye
captured in a trance
a beauty within a beauty
refresh and enhance

God Moves in a Cab

God Moves in a Cab, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

like me
god too has sold his car
now moves in a cab
recession
cutting down on flab
watching
new methods of land grab
slumbai mumbai
houses without slab
more inventive than prefab
adding color
to the towers the high rise
slums that dont look too drab
god a bit worried
as osama bin laden
he could not nab
hoping no one clones him
in an enemy lab
god from the drivers wheel
completely keeping tab

Slumbai-Mumbai

Slumbai-Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Shooting from the window of the cab in motion is an aspect of speeding photography I like , very metaphoric..as every politician worth his salt wants Mumbai to become another Shangai..but with proliferation of slums it is called Slumbai..This was on Byculla while heading home towards Bandra.

First of all what surprises me is that when illegal encroachments, colonies of slums come up the Municipality turns a Nelsons eyes..there is hefty money that changes hands, corruption is the order of the day at all levels, everybody knows it but who cares..

Demolition is the next plan of action , mostly making them homeless just before the rains set in..had they not been allowed to come up , demolition would not be required.

Near Bandra where I stay close to the Bandra Worli link so many illegal shanties have come up, all serving as vote banks.. democracy cannot survive with corruption and political machinations to garner votes by hook or crook.

Its a sad sordid tale of of the poor mans woe..and a system that sucks.

Long Live Slum Dog Millionaire..
Long Live Dan Boyle ..and his merchandise of a failed dream at grass root level of chaos and chicanery.

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