home body

idk why i picked up this tumblr poetry shit -a poem by me, in the style of rupi kaur

She didn't write 3 books, she wrote the same book 3 times.

"what a relief to discover that the aches i thought were mine alone are also felt by so many others" One of the best collections so far! The content is divided into 4 sections: mind, heart, rest and awake. The most hard-hitting, liberating read for me is the first section which actually made me come out of Leggi tutto

There is a quote that led the feminist movement in 1969 that reads, "The personal is political." I believe Rupi Kaur and many other trendy, political, pseudo-intellectual group of people on the internet have this mixed up. They make it, political is personal. They take everything to heart which is un Leggi tutto

I finished this in a day! Not because it was so enchanting & fantastic, but simply because the poems were SO. SHORT. As a fan of Rupi’s long-form poetry, I’m disappointed with this collection honestly. It felt rushed. I felt like she *touched* on many deep topics, but did not dig that much into them Leggi tutto

It feels gross to give a 1 star rating on a book of poetry written with her trauma woven throughout, but man, this was really bad. Nothing but cringey (mostly) one line platitudes

INCREDIBLE!!! Rupi Kaur delivers again!! What a beautifully written, inspiring and powerful collection of poetry that is honest and relatable. "Home Body" touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, mental health and hope. The author uses her personal life experiences in this collection to c Leggi tutto