RUPI KAPUR'S MILK AND HONEY

A favourite poet, Rupi Kaur, is a shining example of the power of the Instgram poetry generation. Her work is direct and accessible, using simple language to explore South Asian identity, immigration and femininity with her childhood and personal life serving as inspiration.

You tell me to quiet down because

Mu opinions make me less beautiful

But I was not made with a fire in my belly

So I could be put out

I was not made with a lightness on my tongue

So I could be easy to swallow

I was made heavy

Half blade and half silk

Difficult to forget and not easy

For the mind to follow