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128 · Jul 2018
Shortcomings
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2018
You see a speck in others eyes,
Never a log in your own.
128 · May 2024
Speed
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Tring Tring ding ding ping
my cycle is speeding through
get out of the way.
3/5/2024
128 · Apr 2023
Time
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2023
Gives you opportunities,
Grab them,
Cause it doesn't wait for you.
4/4/2023
128 · Jun 2020
Betrayal
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2020
I never understood  poetry,
And had no time to write a line of it,
But, Your betrayal darkened my soul,
And threw me into the realms of poets.
1/7/2020
128 · Feb 2021
Truth
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2021
I don't have to look for forty more excuses or lies.
19/2/2021
128 · Nov 2024
Be immensely grateful
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2024
To the poor and needy,
Who have accepted what you have donated.
For in fulfilling their needs,
The duas(prayers) they give from their heart,
Pleases Allah,
And you are rewarded for more than you have given.
Let there be no media when you give.
24/11/2024
128 · Apr 2021
Laughter (quinzaine)
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2021
Laughter is best medicine,
Is it therapy?
Maybe both.
3/4/2021
128 · Apr 2020
For A Reason
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
He left without even a goodbye,
I think God wanted to protect me from him.
28/4/2020
128 · Dec 2018
Music
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2018
Music is like rainfall,
Let your music fall,
Pitter patter,
Drip drop,
Silver drops beat mellow music.
Let it fall to the ground,
On a high and low note,
Fast and slow,
Millions of liquid pearls in crescendos,
Treble, tenor and bass,
Makes merry the soul.
127 · Sep 2019
Climate Change (haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Sep 2019
do not burn our future
today's youth have woken up
world leaders take heed.
21/9/2019
127 · May 2024
A fool
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Neither agrees to his weakness,
Nor listens to the advice of the wise.
127 · Oct 2019
What is love
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Love is a reaction,
That makes you blind,
Lose your senses,
Give away your  heart.
24/10/2019
127 · Jun 2021
Exercises
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2021
Too much exercises can impair your immunity,
Cause it is another form of stress.
14/6/2021
127 · Sep 2019
Crush
Salmabanu Hatim Sep 2019
Oh!Wind tell my crush I am fine,
I still have his rose pressed in my diary.
5/9/2019
127 · Feb 2021
Water
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2021
rain, ice, snow , sleet, hail
all fall in different forms
precipitation.
21/2/2021
127 · Apr 2019
Dearest Dad
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2019
As I look in the mirror,
I see you in me.
As a child what I hated most in you has come to me,
I have started thinking like you
and behaving too.
Dad, my thinking and ego kept us
apart for so many years,
I am sorry, please forgive me,
I love you dad.
Now,I have realised my mistakes
and come to terms that I was wrong all the while,
My children try to prove I am wrong all the time.
6/4/2019
Dad wrong ego children terms mistakes
127 · Apr 2024
Beware
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2024
Of the manipulator,
He will blame you for everything,
And make himself a victim.
26/4/2024
127 · Feb 2020
Sorry
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2020
When a person apologises to you despite being right,
Remember, he/she does not want to lose you at any cost.
12/2/2020
127 · Mar 2019
Lights went out(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2019
got dressed in the dark
with date realised forgot
to wear my *******.
30/3/2019
127 · Aug 2019
Romance
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2019
an online romance
engagement on the Facebook marriage on Twitter.
9/8/2019
127 · Feb 16
Parenting
love time attention
children need from their parents
make them the best them.
16/2/2025
127 · Oct 2020
Handle With Care
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2020
Love is fragile,
Hold it tenderly and close to your heart,
Make it your strength and a blessing,
Give out as much as you can,
Fragile it can be but unbreakable it will be.
17/10/2020
127 · May 2018
Thank You
Salmabanu Hatim May 2018
I bubbled with a rainbow of emotions,
They needed motion.
I channelled them into thoughts,
Soon they took shape into words.
I learned to pen them,
Compose them as poems.
My poems needed an outlet
Needed to be read and shared.
Thank you Hello Poetry and readers for giving me that chance.
127 · May 2020
Perfect
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
My dream was to marry a man who was perfect in every way,
I ended up marrying a man with many flaws,
It turned out better for me,
His flaws were so endearing that they made me love him more,
Besides,when I needed him most he was at my side.
25/5/2020
127 · Nov 2023
Eating with hands
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2023
Try it
It's enjoyable and gratifying,
As it stimulates the five senses,
Evoking emotions.
The nerve endings in the fingers send messages to the mouth to salivate,
Releasing digestive juices,
And stimulate digestion.
Food is meant to be eaten slowly and eating with hands help with that.
You feel the texture of food with your hands ,
Or can remove unwanted pieces of bone,
Before it reaches your tongue.
As you eat with hands your food directly touches your tongue,
Whilst with a spoon it first touches metal.
Your hands are thoroughly washed by yourself before you seat to eat,
Whilst spoons, knives and forks comes from the kitchen,
Washed by others,
And lying in the drawers.
And it takes many trees to be chopped,
To make chopsticks,
Why use weapons when you have hands to do the job.
Most satisfying and rewarding.
13/11/2023
Enjoy your food with hands
127 · Oct 2024
What did I learn
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2024
Before colonisation,
Informal education,
My true identity and culture,
With its elements,
Like traditions, customs,  norms and values.
To respect the elders at all times,
Children were to be seen and not heard.
We had a clan leader and we shared everything we owned.
We learned the DIY of everyday life,
Hunting , fishing ,farming and iron smelting,
And gathering of herbs and medicinal plants.
We realised the value of minerals and animal trophies after the coming of foreigners.
We had an Age system where work was divided according to *** and age.
8/10/2024
127 · Nov 2021
Karma
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2021
I am alone but not lonely,
Only that destiny has put me under house arrest.
127 · Feb 2022
Be Happy
Salmabanu Hatim Feb 2022
If you just can't change the situation,
Try to change your mindset.
14/2/2022
127 · May 2021
Simple
Salmabanu Hatim May 2021
She was simple,
She dressed simply,
With a simple hairdo.
She had an aura of beauty in her simplicity.
126 · Aug 2023
Alluring
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2023
My girlfriend is a red laced lingerie,
An emotional thing.
31/8/2023
126 · May 11
My family
When I was young,
We were two brothers and three sisters,
I was the youngest.
We had nothing then,
But we had a lot,
We had happiness and togetherness.
We never showed others we were poor
Even to our closest aunt and uncle,
I would go to play with my cousins but never tell them I had not eaten and was hungry.
One day one of my mum's rich friend sent us a packet of milk with her daughter,
My brother told her to take it back because all of us loved to drink black tea,
Even bread with butter and jam was a luxury for us.
Mum and dad worked hard to make ends meet,
But she was steadfast on her principles,
She taught us not to complain about what we didn't have,
But to be grateful for what we had,
With patience and hard work,
With Allah's blessings,
We would rise above our present state,
And we definitely did,
A long way.
11/5//2025
126 · Aug 2019
Birth
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2019
A notice from God
"You are being transferred to earth."

And if you commit Suicide
"You quit yourself
No compensation whatsoever."
7/8/2019
My grandson wanted me to write about above.
126 · Mar 9
Feeling funny sad
I was sad,
I was going to have my one decayed tooth removed,
It was a front tooth,
How would I look before I had another planted,
But just then the sad feeling turned funny sad,
Grandma came into the room,,
Took out her dentures and put them on the table,
She gave me an endearing toothless smile
I hugged her tightly,
Here I was being sad losing one,
And there she was happy without any
10/3/2025
126 · Apr 2024
Nostalgia
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2024
When I was a child,
We never had a fridge or a cooler,
Mother would pour tap water in a large clay *** with a tap,
The *** was covered with a plate and a steel glass was placed on it,
The water kept in the clay *** was cool and refreshing,
We all shared the same glass.
Mum would also cook on a sigri( clay coal stove) using clay pots,
Even chapattis were made on a clay pan,
Mind you the food cooked in clay utensils were far tastier,
Especially dishes made from coconut milk,
Like fish, chicken and rice.
Ahhh! Those were the days,
I can still feel the taste of mum's food cooked in clay pots.
30/4/2024
126 · Aug 2020
Birthday Cake
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2020
Before:
You blow on a birthday cake Hard, singing"HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Then everybody gets to eat a piece of cake.
Now:
No no no no! I would think twice........
10/8/2020
126 · Nov 2021
My Daughter
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2021
Manipulates me with her tears,
My heart melts when she cries and I give in.
25/11/2021.
126 · Mar 2019
Heartbeat
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2019
I want your heart with its seventy-two beats per minute whispering endearingly to me
"I love you and only you".
126 · Dec 2018
Meteor
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2018
Sometimes my mind is a shooting star,
blazing out a trail of brilliant ideas,
which soon fizz out as dust.
126 · Aug 2023
Even If
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2023
You have to part,
And say goodbye,
Love will stay,
Becoming a cherished memory.
27/8/2023
126 · Jul 2018
Be Happy
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2018
Ignore pain and grief,
You will forever be HAPPY.
126 · Oct 2020
Little
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2020
Little candles can light darkness,
Little hugs can dry big tears,
Little kindness can bring lots of joy to others,
And little smiles can brighten someone's day.
22/10/2020
126 · Jun 2019
Day Of Judgement
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2019
What's coming will come,
We will face it when it comes.
2/6/2019
126 · Nov 2019
Loving You Is(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
chaos and lovely
with scars pain faults and laughter
maddening perfect
13/11/2019
126 · Jul 2018
Content
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2018
To be content,
Give up desires.
126 · Oct 2018
Calmly(Haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2018
Hungry and alone,
Unmoving on a lily pad...
frog waits for the prey.
126 · Jan 2018
Haiku
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2018
I learned to forgive,
the past wounds began to heal,
the scars still remained.
You can forgive or forget.You can even heal but the scars are always there.
126 · Aug 2021
Humanity
Salmabanu Hatim Aug 2021
If you want to see humanity,
Go for Arbaeen at Kerbala in Iraq,
1400 years ago Imam Hussein who fought for justice,
With only 72 followers,
Still pulls the world to him with his one sacrifice.
Hussein inspires,
And I respire,
To Die like him
10/8/2021.
126 · Mar 2019
Chewing gum(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2019
wife is chewing gum
sweet and refreshing at first
then sticky,chewy
27/3/2019.
126 · Apr 22
I rented negativeness
A space in my head and heart ,
It made me frustrated,
And stressed---a gap between expectations and reality,
I told it to vacate immediately,
ASAP.
22/4/2025
126 · May 14
Happy Birthday
My very special son,
You are the treasured gift,
And blessings of my life,
With a beautiful soul and a beautiful mind,
Unique,one of a kind.
My proudest moment is when I tell others you are my son,
My reason to smile,
My listening ear,
Thank you for all that you have been,
And always be in my life,.
A son who never misses to call me before his day begins,
Thank you Allah for I am blessed.
14/5/2025
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