“i even tried to bury myself alive but the dirt recoiled you have already rotted it said there is nothing left for… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I love Roald Dahl, Sharon Olds, Nizar Qabbani, who is a poet, and Junot Diaz. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I did not start out thinking I'm going to become a feminist poet. It was a tag I was given. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“what if you split the world into pieces and called them countries declared ownership on what never belonged to you and left… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I would give anything to sing like Beyonce or Adele. I've said many times to my friends that if I could sing… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
The topics just kind of come to me. If they are relevant, it's because they're happening in the world around me, and… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
When I was little, my dad told me about Anandpur Sahib and the court of Guru Gobind Singh. That we came from… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I write from the various experiences I live. Not every poem comes from my personal experience, though. It could be something that… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
'Milk and Honey' was written with me being honest to myself, kind of pulling at the things that I hear the most… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“love does not look like a person love is our actions love is giving all we can even if it's just the… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
For me, the power of the poetry in 'Milk and Honey' is the feeling you get after finished reading the poem. It's… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“there is a difference between someone telling you they love you and them actually loving you” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
The way a small child might dream of visiting Disneyland, I dreamed of writing books. Never did I think my poems would… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“sometimes the apology never comes when it is wanted and when it comes it is neither wanted nor needed - you are… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“to do list (after the breakup) 1. take refuge in your bed 2. cry. till the tears stop (this will take a… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i learned love is about giving. everything. and letting it hurt. i learned vulnerability is always the right choice because it is easy to… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“you look just like your mother i guess i do carry her tenderness well you both have the same eyes cause we are both… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“when my mother was pregnant with her second child i was four i pointed at her swollen belly confused at how my mother had… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i had to leave i was tired of allowing you to make me feel anything less than whole” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Sua arte Não é a quantidade de pessoas Que gostam do seu trabalho Sua arte É O que seu coração acha do seu trabalho… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i tried to find it but there was no answer at the end of the last conversation - closure” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Acima de tudo ame Como se fosse a única coisa que você sabe fazer No fim do dia isso tudo Não significa nada Esta… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“the right one does not stand in your way they make space for you to step forward” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“let it go let it leave let it happen nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway - all you own… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i woke up thinking the work was done i would not have to practise today how naive to think healing was that easy when… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“I don't know why I split myself open for others knowing sewing myself up hurts this much afterward.” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
