There isn’t much not to fall into within Rupi Kaur’s poetry, but the book, home body, specifically resonated so deeply due to its timing; published at the end of 2020, in the peak of the pandemic, home body wrestles the battle of inner-self. Pieces we all can relate, to post a time of isolation and presently an emphasis on mental health, home body hits deep.
A few of my favorites from home body:
"i want to live i'm just afraid i won't measure up to the idea people have of me in their heads i'm afraid of getting older scared i'll never write anything worth reading again that i'll disappoint the people who are counting on me that i'll never learn how to be happy that i'll be broke again one day that my parents will die and i'll be alone in the end" (pg.23) "you didn't lose it happiness has always been here" - you just lost perspective (pg.41) "our souls will not be soothed by what we achieve how we look or all the hard work we do even if we managed to make all the money in the world we'd be left empty for something our souls ache for community our deepest being craves one another we need to be connected to feel alive" (pg.107)
More notable poems: pg.20, pg.109
Learn more or buy, home body here.
Other Rupi Kaur books I recommend:
🌟 milk & honey 🌟 the sun and her flowers
a girl on a bench 
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