Milk and Honey

“i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut”

“do not look for healingat the feet of thosewho broke you”

“The thing about writing is I can't tell if it's healing or destroying.”

“your artis not about how many peoplelike your workyour artis aboutif your heart likes your workif your soul likes your workit's about how honestyou are with yourselfand youmust nevertrade honestyfor relatability”


Okay. This book is way too intense for a poetry book. At one point I thought I couldn't continue and had to stop. I mean, it literally gave me goosebumps after each stanza.

A friend of mine suggested me to read this and I was skeptical about it earlier since it's a different genre than my usual reads. I do enjoy poetry but this one was one of the most powerful work of modern poetry I've ever ever read. Rupi Kaur is raw and unabashed when it comes to expressing her thoughts.
The book deals with major and delicate themes like sexual abuse, love, trauma, loss, healing and feminism in a rather poetic and beautiful way.
Surely worth reading. I would now love to read ‘The Sun and the Flowers'