



We are complex and deep thinkers and sometimes our opinions only need to make sense in our own heads. I think most opinionated women can at some point or another. Sure, that would be nice but this poem is real and mature, as it highlights the necessity of knowing what one is looking for in a partner. When you’re growing up, you want to believe there is fate that will lead you to your one, true soulmate. Here are my 20 favorite poems from milk and honey:ĭoes it get more romantic than this sentence? I mean, come on. Although many of the poems elicit real and raw emotion, she incorporates feelings of hope and strength that develop through pain. The lens through which Kaur writes takes on an empowered feeling of femininity. The poems encompass the deep emotions and pain that human beings experience-love, loss, trauma, abuse, and healing. Milk and honey is separated into four sections titled: the hurting, the loving, the breaking, the healing. Last year, one of the residents at the mental health treatment center where I work introduced me to this book and I became an instant fan of Rupi Kaur and her modern poetry. In the spirit of poet, Rupi Kaur, recently announcing the release date of her new book, the sun and her flowers, I reread (for probably the tenth time) her previous book, milk and honey.
