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5/5 🌟 I decided to pick this one up because it looked familiar and was in the #poetry section. I ended up LOVING IT. It's such a #powerful book about #love #relationships (#romantic #sex #familial) and about #selflove and #bodypositivity!! And Kaur does such a beautiful narration that really makes you stop and just Listen! #nonfiction

#nfnov @Clwojick @rsteve388

#nfnov #poetry @Clwojick @rsteve388

“i thank the universe
for taking away
everything it has taken
and giving to me
everything it is giving

balance“

I am a #booknerd and embrace solitude and quiet. i love the artwork but am only giving this popular poetry ⭐️⭐️ I was moved by #thehurt but the remaining sections were obvious or maybe I‘m too old to appreciate her writing 🙏

#poetry
#milkandhoney
#readathon

Book #43

#honey #quotsysept19

what terrifies me most is how we
foam at the mouth with envy
when others succeed
but sigh in relief
when they are failing

our struggle to
celebrate each other is
what‘s proven most difficult
in being human

Poetry, Feminism, Young Adult Fiction
2019 09 19
2019 09 21
This was recommended just a few years back and I wanted to see what the hype was about.
It is a collection of Rupi Kaur's poems that tell readers about a person's experience of hurting, loving, breaking, and healing. (check comment)
“i am water
soft enough to offer life
tough enough
to drown it away“ (127)
“i am losing parts of you like i lose eyelashes
unknowingly and everywhere“ (125)

Took a break from reading the secrets we keep to re-read this book again.. I really like this author and have ordered another book from her. It‘s so weird, if you look online you can see singular pages of the books, but when you read it from cover to cover you see how all of these quotes turn into a story. One of the things that spoke to me was “people go, but how they left, always stays.”
Overall I‘m glad I got the book

I thought this was everywhere b/c it's Really Good Poetry, then I heard on a podcast it's really that she had a huge Instagram following so I finally read it and... Yep. A few nice poems and I agree with much of the sentiment but mostly it reads like an early aughts Melo-journal (anyone else remember those?) Glad when I decided to read more poetry I started with Sabrina Benhaim and Olivia Gatwood instead.

If you‘re going through a breakup or questioning your self worth, I think this book is for you! Its good when you need to read in short burst and not a whole binge book.

1/5⭐ I could tell the words meant a lot to the author, but there was too much missing to connect. It felt much more like a diary with entries contextualized solely to the writer's life. I appreciated some of the points/messages, particularly in the first part, but the almost stream-of-consciousness format didn't read like poetry at all. (Admittedly, Natasha Trethewey's mindblowing collections might have ruined me of all other poetry.)

#poetrymatters #strong @TheSpineView

Started very dark the continued to get lighter as the book progressed.

I love this because it‘s something I struggle with and I know tons of women struggle with.

“how you love yourself is how you teach others to love you”—— oof. Right in the feels!

Grab a blanket and some tea or coffee and get ready to take some time and sit and reflect upon each poem. Each one will hit you differently than the last and each sldeserves some time for proper reflection.

🔸#UglyLocationChallenge : Walmart‘s furniture department.

In the mood for poetry? Reading this on a lazy Sunday until it‘s finished. #journeyofsurviving #lovepoetry #somedarkness

YES!!! 😁

I thought these were finger nail clippings when I first turned to the page, as a nail-biter. Haha
❤️the poetry and emotional vulnerability Rupi chose to display. Will forever be on my list of favorites, thanks @mngraham !

💙💛💚💛💙💛💚

Time...💖💖💖💖

💜🧡💛💚💙❤

Love this!!!

Something to remember!

Balance.....

🌊🌊🌊🌊💖💖💖

amaziiiingggg poetry

#feminism #feminist #oursharedshelf #littens

It has been a long time since I‘ve posted here. Sorry! But I‘m back!

#litsy #litten #feminist #feminism

Rupi Kaur's words are simple and yet packed with emotion. She implies so much, words that resonate, without complicating the poems. Beautiful collection of poetry.

I don't read poetry very often but I think I will start. I enjoyed this so much. It spoke to me in so many ways like an understanding friend and I so very deeply needed this book. I needed it. It held me when I needed to be held. Thank you Rupi Kaur.

My kind of date♥️♥️

I have the chance to see Rupi Kaur!!

I love how forthright and honest she is in her work. I found her second book even more compelling. I wonder if she's working on a third?

#quotsyapr19 @TK-421
#Museum

#museum #quotsymay19

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

Morning reading.

Getting ready for a weekend out of town, so I decided to finish this one today too. I don‘t read poetry often, so I was disappointed that it wasn‘t my thing. It had some amazing moments, but I thought it was too focused on sexuality to have the depth it was trying to portray.
#bookishbingo: Begins with M

This was right up my alley. In all the ways.

1. Selfie in my baseball shirt I just happened to be wearing the day the Mets signed Jacob deGrom for five more years! 🙌🏼
2. Tagged!
3. #ctlitsymeetup and other CT adventures with @j9brown !
4. Right now pretty all over the place. Warm, sunny and humid one minute then cold and rainy the next.
5. Not sure? Probably fast food on the road to CT.

#friYAYintro @howjessreads

The art was nice no doubt, and a few of the poems where well written. Didn't loved the entire pages but still marked a few. 🌟🌟🌟

I‘m on a reading slump 😕 trying to find a book that‘ll pick me back up

‘You might not have been my first love but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant‘ 🥛🐝

This (P), NY Times Bestseller, would be good for AS. The book includes the authors personal life events within the poetry. It can be beneficial in the classroom for students to evaluate and dissect the meaning of the poetry. UDL strategy (3.3)Guide information processing and ESOL 11. Place language in meaningful context can be used to help students analyze the poetry to complete AS. #LAE3414sp19