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179 · Sep 2019
Recipe
Salmabanu Hatim Sep 2019
Whenever I give a recipe to someone my mouth waters.
10/9/2019
179 · Jun 2019
Love at First Sight
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2019
beautiful model
catwalks in white wedding gown
buyer falls in love.
179 · Oct 2021
Be Happy
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2021
Smile and the world will smile with you,
Otherwise even tears do not have a place in your eyes.
26/10/2021
179 · Nov 2024
I shed
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2024
deluge of tears when I am happy,
When I am sad,
My eyes remain dry,
Instead I crawl inside me,
Become jittery and anxious,
I tend to forget what I am supposed to do,
Or accidentally break things.
28/11/2024
179 · Aug 2022
Your Secrets
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2022
Hold them tightly to your heart,
Cage them
Don't let them out
If you do,
You will be their prisoner.
5/8/2022
179 · Jan 2024
My Love
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2024
Was enough for the two of us.
30/1/2024
179 · Feb 2021
My Heart
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2021
Is my stubborn boss,
I can't  do anything about it,
I have to listen to what it has to say.
178 · Apr 2024
Frustrate
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2024
Your insulter with your silence,
For he is waiting for you to react.
24/4/2024
178 · Apr 2024
When you get married
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2024
You marry into a family,
One thing you must learn is to tolerate,
That earns you respect.
26/4/2024
178 · Sep 2018
Therapist
Salmabanu Hatim Sep 2018
His therapist knew everything  about me,
He asked me out,
I was speechless.
178 · Nov 2018
Meditate
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2018
I  went to mum,
I have lots of work but,I don't know some,
So  what's the big deal,
Search Google.
Answers I found most,
Others I can't mum, I am lost.
Don't worry,
No hurry,
If Google can't answer,
MEDITATE dear.
178 · Feb 2022
Loving
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2022
Is hard work,
It doesn't always work
Try not to get hurt.
8/2/2022
178 · Aug 2021
Spring
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2021
silence everywhere
cherry blossoms fade and die
hearts look on sadly.
4/8/2021
178 · Jan 2021
Open Up
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
You gave me your heart,
But you're still caged in your own thoughts.
12/1/2021
178 · Jul 2018
Awake
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2018
Yesterday,
The thoughts of my love,
Kept me awake the whole night,
While the world slept.
Lightning flashed with vengeance,
Whilst clouds thundered angrily,
And the rain cried with me till morning.
Tired, I dozed off with her memories,
178 · May 2019
Death
Salmabanu Hatim May 2019
I am death,
I move in stealth,
Here, there and everywhere.
Do not fear little friend,
I only come for your end,
To help you to start writing on a new page,
I don't see time or age,
I come to lead you to freedom,
To take you home
Never try to seek me
When your time is up there I will be.
29/5/2019
178 · Aug 2019
Adopted(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2019
born not unto her
grew up into mummy's heart
bond greater than blood.
14/8/2019
178 · Oct 2022
I Have Noticed
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2022
After Covid people have changed somehow,
They get irritated,
Are less friendly,
And get tired easily,
The liveliness, fun and togetherness in a family is somewhat lacking.
1110/2022
178 · Jul 2018
Better
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2018
Sometimes anger is better than a smile,
A smile is for everyone,
But most times anger is for someone we don't want to
LOSE.
177 · Jun 2018
Forever
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2018
One day,
Out of the blue,
You came into my life,
A stranger,
A friend,
A lover,
A life partner.
Now I  can't imagine how I would live without you.
177 · Jan 24
Fruit of my womb
I had my first child after several years,
I never visited any doctors,
He was my heritage from Allah,
A reward of our patience prayers and faith.
25/1/2024
177 · Apr 10
I wrote
On the door of my heart,
Love is not allowed inside,
Love smiled and said,
"Sorry I am blind."
10/4/2025
177 · Aug 2019
VIBGYOR
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2019
I love you in the colours of the rainbow
violet:  meaning with my body
              and soul,
indigo: wisely
blue:      in a calm way
green:    it is fresh and evergreen
                as nature
yellow:   full of happiness
orange:   and joy
red:          lastly passionately  with
                  all my heart.
11/8/2019
177 · Mar 2019
His Ways (Haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2019
eye lens fell on grass
searched and saw ants carrying it
Allah has His ways.
To find my lens was my destiny because I prayed to him and he sent ants to help me.
177 · Aug 2019
Tiff(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2019
on the balcony
a crescent moon
frown's at lover's tiff.
27/8/2019
177 · Feb 2019
Loneliness
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2019
You can be lonely in a crowd too,
Loneliness comes from being unable to communicate with others and express your feelings.
16/2/2019.
177 · Nov 2018
Alone
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2018
I hate being alone,
Cause it's always my turn to do
the dishes, and the  cleaning.
177 · Jan 2024
Falling Apart
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2024
In love,
Friendship,
Or relationship,
Is the strangulation of the heart and mind,
Hidden behind a false smile,
Or words like,'I'm fine.'
13/1/2024
177 · Apr 2023
Forgiveness
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2023
Frees you to commit revenge,
And be at peace.
3/4/2023
177 · Jun 2019
Let Go
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2019
Breaking my heart helped me to breathe,
Soon,I learned to let go.
17/6/2019
177 · Dec 2022
Be Like
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2022
The petals,
Soft and colourful.
Blossom with a smile,
And like the butterflies with unfolded wings,
People will be attracted towards you.
5/12/2022
176 · Jun 2019
Chaos (Haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2019
the terrible child
puts kitten in parrot's cage
screams and clicks fill cage
5/6/2019
The parrot felt threatened.Parrots click their beaks when they feel  threatened.
176 · Dec 2018
Pain
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2018
Pain is an intruder,
You never know when it comes and goes,
But, when it becomes a stalker,
You go to the doctors.
176 · Sep 2018
Man
Salmabanu Hatim Sep 2018
Man
Man is strange,
He lives as if he is never going to die,
He dies as if he has never lived.
176 · Nov 2018
A tear
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2018
One tear says all,
99% a spectrum of emotions.
176 · Jan 2023
Travel
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2023
I love travelling,
I have travelled a lot,
I have lived in different countries,
Now I travel via YouTube.
7/1/2023
176 · Dec 2018
No One Escapes Me
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2018
"I had a brush with death
but I am alive," I laughed thankfully.
Death smiled at me and said,
"No-one escapes me, dear.You just came in the way. Be careful next time'#
176 · Sep 2018
SMALL IS BETTER(Haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Sep 2018
Ask the mosquito,
being small in life doesn't matter,
learn......its painful bite.
176 · Apr 2021
Tomorrow
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2021
A second chance that life offers you.
14/4/2021
176 · Jul 2
B+
B+
My favourite motto.
2/7/2025
176 · May 2024
First
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Be good at heart,
Then at appearance.
Strangers will look at appearance,
Closed ones will look at the heart,
But strangers too will become colleagues or dear ones.
6/5/2024
176 · Aug 2018
Let it go
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2018
It consumed my soul,
Was too heavy to hold,
Raged a fire in my heart,
Tore me apart.
Then I let it go,
I began to heal and grow,
My HATE.
176 · May 2018
Pimple Dimple
Salmabanu Hatim May 2018
I knew he had fallen head over heels in love,
He mistook my pimple
for  a dimple.
176 · May 2019
Don't Forget
Salmabanu Hatim May 2019
If you love me or not,
Don't forget me in your will.
176 · Mar 2019
Scars
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2019
My lover's goodbyes
leaves scars far deeper than the
stab of a sharp knife.
11/3/2019
Senryu.
175 · Nov 2019
Women (quinzaine)
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
I am careful of women.
Are you scared of them?
Are you shy?
17/11/2019
Quinzaine :fifteen syllables unrhymed verse (7/5/3).The first line makes a statement.The next two lines ask questions on the statement.
175 · Apr 20
At the end
Of the day,
It doesn't matter how much money you made,
It only matters that you had a good day,
And you are very happy.
20/4/2025
175 · May 2019
Hell
Salmabanu Hatim May 2019
He told me to go to hell,
I already am there,
Life with him is always Hell.
27/5/2019
175 · Jun 21
Haiku
your loving touch boosts
oxytocin love hormone
magic in the air
21/6/2025
175 · Jul 24
Discipline
Is not child abuse,
Don't defend your child's mistake,
You may regret it in later life.
25/7/2025
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