--- title: "1 Poem Read Quotes By Warsan Shire" description: "1 Poem Read quotes by Warsan Shire. Plus more from Warsan Shire and more Poem Read sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/warsan-shire-7647_brevity_poetry-is-like-a-portrait-of-a-moment-or_1049484.jpg" --- > [Poetry is like a portrait of a moment or person, and the poem is almost like looking at a photograph; it slaps you in the face and kisses you at the same time. Nothing else does that, with that brevity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/poetry-is-like-a-portrait-of-a-moment-or-person-and-the-poem-is/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/warsan-shire-7647_brevity_poetry-is-like-a-portrait-of-a-moment-or_1049484.jpg) ## More by Warsan Shire > [You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/you-are-terrifying-and-strange-and-beautiful-something-not-everyone/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“the year of letting go, of understanding loss. grace. of the word ‘no’ and also being able to say ‘you are not kind’. the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/the-year-of-letting-go-of-understanding-loss-grace-of-the-word-no-and/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/how-far-have-you-walked-for-men-who-ve-never-held-your-feet-in-their/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [And you tried to change, didnt you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake¦ You cant make homes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/and-you-tried-to-change-didnt-you-closed-your-mouth-more-tried-to-be/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/i-m-overwhelmed-my-biggest-downfall-is-my-brightest-blessing-i-feel/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“you were like an ulcer on the inside of my cheek that my tongue could not stop touching. loving you was like watching a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/you-were-like-an-ulcer-on-the-inside-of-my-cheek-that-my-tongue-could/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/essentially-if-our-secrets-are-secrets-because-we-are-told-to-be/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/document-the-moments-you-feel-most-in-love-with-yourself-what-you-re/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/loving-you-was-like-going-to-war-i-never-came-back-the-same/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/every-mouth-you-ve-ever-kissed-was-just-practice-all-the-bodies-you/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/my-alone-feels-so-good-i-ll-only-have-you-if-you-re-sweeter-than-my/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“i give myself five days to forget you. on the first day i rust. on the second i wilt. on the third day i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/i-give-myself-five-days-to-forget-you-on-the-first-day-i-rust-on-the/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/mother-says-there-are-locked-rooms-inside-all-women-kitchen-of-love/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/perhaps-the-problem-is-not-the-intensity-of-your-love-but-the-quality/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“I did not beg him to stay because I was begging God that he would not leave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/i-did-not-beg-him-to-stay-because-i-was-begging-god-that-he-would-not/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poem-read/warsan-shire/#itemlist", "name": "1 Poem Read Quotes By Warsan Shire", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is like a portrait of a moment or person, and the poem is almost like looking at a photograph; it slaps you in the face and kisses you at the same time. 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