I give myself time to sink into his voice and his words. The process begins by listening to Qawwalis by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. And if I don't get to a laptop, or some pen and paper right away, it almost feels like they might rot inside of me. And so when I'm out there, going through my day, the poems are generating themselves and if I'm not writing them out, then they're building up inside me. This buildup is basically all the ideas my mind has turned into poetry over the past few days because I get inspiration through my interactions with the world. It's almost like an anxiety building up in my stomach. That sounds a little odd, I know, but let me explain: Usually I know when I have to write because I begin to feel this tug in my heart. So now I usually write when my body tells me I have to. But with school, travelling, and doing shows it's become a lot more difficult. And explaining something so complex in such few simple words. I love digging into them and grabbing the root of their emotion.
And the way those experiences make them feel. What would you say you draw inspiration from? Like the breath before the kiss, I want to make the mundane beautiful. I want to put words to feelings we have trouble putting into words. I have this terrible habit of feeling too much and I want to express these feelings in the written form.
And I think that's why I've been driven to write. I thought it was the most powerful thing. I was moved by the ability of books to pull one out of their reality and into someone else's. I grew up reading everything I could get my hands on. I was fortunate enough to chat with the young writer about what got her to this very new and exciting chapter in her life as a published poetess.įor starters, can you tell me a little about yourself? By the final chapter, Kaur becomes the sister you never had. Kaur's book is divided into four chapters that each address a different kind of struggle, culminate in a different kind of growth. Reading the book, is like getting the hug you need on a rainy day, the catharsis you crave after a tragedy. Sometimes she feels as though she has shattered in a million pieces but eventually, she finds strength after picking up the pieces and ultimately survives. She experiences love, loss, pain and healing in different chapters of her life. Accompanied by her own sketches, the beautifully honest poems read like the everyday, collective experiences of today's modern woman. : Rupi Kaur's first book, Milk and Honey is the poetry collection every woman needs on her nightstand or coffee table.
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