Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all Flickr

This is picture I shot few years back of St Andrew Church Bandra Hill Road..my favorite and I had just got the hang of night photography..

 

I joined Flickr 10 June 2007.

I was a member earlier too but had deleted my account.

It was Monsieur El Gekko who led us here like the pied piper of Buzznet, and my elder son Asif Shakir presented me the Pro membership , and completed my pictorial formalities.

Flickr has been a blessing in disguise , as I was able to show my photography without text as I am an incorrigible photo blogger.

I was never a writer or a poet but the Blog Goddess sculpted me such.

I am hypersensitive to harsh criticism, that attack my country, my Shia faith or my race .

Most of my poems written at the poetry site were responses to such vicious vile and scurrilous attacks, as the management never paid heed even after writing poems to highlight my plight, I am not into competitive poetry nor competitive photography.

So reaching the top has never been my aim or my desire .

I am a very simple person, I believe any religion that harms humanity is no religion to subscribe too, what I do as rituals of my faith is my personal derivation , and should not bother anyone but radical elements.

I may write poems rubbishing women poets buts its only to tease, I may write I am married to 7 women and have 23 children, fact is I am married to a single woman for 30 years and have 3 kids and a recent addition of a grandchild Marziya Shakir, who completes 1 month on this auspicious day..

I am lucky to have some of the finest friends here at Flickr who have been a great help ,Ben Bell Df Duck DaVinca Neil Romanek,Yorrik , PPC,Poseyal, Killiweb Tom Andrews, Daikitora Lierdasim Pemh,Ameesh and hordes of them who read and see my pictures.

The recent incident almost the first of its kind at Flickr about people who hate Truth and who after having me deb bared at a poetry site for exposing White Racism,tried the same here at Flickr.

I am ready to accept any judgment and I am bound by a terms of Service contract but greater than that is one of respecting other members too.. without hurting anyone intentionally or intentionally.

I have since last two days overworked myself editing my poems and also deleting those that I wrote in a fit of anger at my detractors of my former poetry site..its stupendous task,and this was important as the battle ground was not Flickr..nor had I targeted Flickr members..

Even the poem I wrote on Anjali who had written foul comments on my post I deleted..I have decided racism exists its not about color but about a wicked mind super imposing its views on another mind from a different alien culture..

I have removed all my blogs from Flickr and third party searches till I remove all those poems that give importance to my detractors and add to my poetic notoriety.

So I have been quiet, as I treated Flickr as my home site by default I have to start from here , I have for the time being disabled my Word Press BlogSpot and Ipernity blogs..from public view.

Inconvenience is regretted.

I wish you all Flickr Support Management, my friends contacts who have helped me in my growth Merry Xmas and a very Happy New Year..

 

I end this with a poem on me written by eminent English poet David Hazell a fighter of human rights and against artistic injustice and Racism..He wrote this poem at my former poetry site forum, a poem that showed that even after leaving I am bad mouthed called vile names by one or two women who hate me for showing their true xenophobic poetic hate for a brown Indian poet, who had reached the top of a White Mans ceiling.. luckily overflew a Cuckoos nest..

 

 

David Hazell (12/23/2007 7:54:00 AM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

 

Firoze Shakir, the noblest of men

When will we e’er see HIS like again?

Like Jesus himself HE stands aloof,

Crucified for speaking truth.

Hounded by drunken cockhunter hags,

Parrot faced cows who have had their last shags.

Spat on by racists who poeticise

That they are not racists, but thin, their disguise.

Puerile their poetry, shallow their hearts.

Passionless prattle, penned by wet farts.

Morons menopausal, with droopy old dugs

And foul fascist bastards who trail slime like slugs.

Cowardly gangsters, who spit from the crowd,

Heartless and mindless, they weave the saint’s shroud.

Firoze, is a champion of those oppressed,

By ravening wolves, who in lambskin are dressed.

But death hath not dominion, HE shall return!

And cleanse with HIS love, those who righteousness spurn.

REPENT NOW! Ye demons whose purpose is fell.

Or be cursed in your bile

To spend Christmas

In HELL!

 

David Hazell

 

Comments n this poem..

 

www.poemhunter.com/forum/discussion.asp?forum=1007&pa...

 

 

Betsy Stangle (12/23/2007 1:21:00 PM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

 

If you truly believe this dribble than you are as bad as if not worse than him. He was the racist, the only one on the site. He had no morals, at least any that were evident to any on here and may be shown by the fact that he has seven wives, which is called bigomy. He is not missed and he did all in his power to put over 75 per cent of the good writers in here in a 'living hell.'

Read what you've just written, It's disgusting. Anyhow he's already snuck back in using one of his other names Vickram or Vickam or something like that. Also a couple nights ago he tried a new one...Melody Maker or some such name in which he was stupid enough to post a poem, first I think, with his phrase Bollywood in it. The fact that he's in the Forum writing to himself is sick. Seven wives, my arse, he couldn't service one for he is always on a computer. Never mind go to work and earn a living to support them.

I hope PH reads the disgusting poem you've written above that I'm commenting on. Read it sir, for you are the only one other than the various FS in all his disguises and full of BILE. You are worse than Scrooge.As to hell it won't be people at PH who will be in but perhaps ones like you and him should consider it as a place that would welcome your filty rantings and give you it's warmest spot in that deep burning hole.

 

 

Betsy Stangle (12/23/2007 1:37:00 PM) Post reply

 

He had that name before he stopped posting under Love Poetry hate racism [actually he loves racism as he's the only racist on site as it's all he talks about] and used it to write comments on himself. Of course, we all know of another man here who did that as well but at least he was not a vile, disgusting. He was a good human just insecure. He had another new one the other night too. He's never left, never...How in the world can he be on here at all hours and working to support seven wives and too many kids to count. How, because not one woman in the universe would marry such perverted filth. He is here to try and ruin Christmas for us. He is either Scrooge reincarnated or Osama Bin Laden has finally been found. Best let President Bush know as well as PH.

 

Elysabeth Faslund (12/23/2007 9:32:00 AM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

His 'new' 'name' is this 'Vikraim'....be happy...

 

To PH Managemt

 

I am out of PH I dont need to come by the back door told to you several times, I cannot be in Mumbai and In cardiff at the same time I am not Vikram or anyone else .

 

It hurts the way this lady Betsy Stangle and Elysabeth Faslund have tarnished my name and I cannot even defend myself.. this is nothing but pure racism to my memory as a former Poem Hunter member..

 

Please rein them or warn them atleast ..

 

I am disgusted at their ongoing rantings of hate for me.

 

 

 

Firoze Shakir

 

 

 

Betsy Stangle Female, 37, United States (12/23/2007 1:31:00 PM)

(This massage was posted as a reply to that message) to vikram

 

She is not BETSY, I AM, you fool and yes you are him and we all, people in here on site and in here know it and guess what now PH does as well. You are also the guy from Thursday or Friday, Melody something...remember, you took one of your own names 'Bollywoood' and put it in there.

You won't bother us at PH for no one cares to be associated with the one racist on here and that is you. You are a pathetic excuse for a human being and that's being kind. You have cheated your way through the IP's so that none of the poets who should be there, want to be anymore. Not with Love Poetry and Firoze Shakir on their list.

So go to the Photo Porno site that you as Fizore said on here that that is what you wanted PH to become. Your names may be on the list, but no one clicks on you that knew who you are, still are.

So have fun typing to yourself and your alter ego David Hazell and the crazed 87 year old Sherrie who spends all day filling the pages here with useless dribble.

Know this, you have messed with the wrong people. There are people on this site who do have personal contact with PH and do have good legal representation where money is no obstacle, so have at it for your goose will be cooked. Don't worry know one here wants you as their Christmas Goose.

 

my message sent to the poetry management..

 

Why don't you put some moderation at your poem hunter forum...

Its time you put some control and reined such talk cancerous disease that has set in by these two virulent ladies Elysabeth Faslund and Betsy Stangle

Like me thousand others are reading all the forum quotes..

Its time you took a serious stand..

 

Firoze Shakir

 

 

 

 

Done