![]() I can be bitter cause the world (or whoever) didn’t give a crap about treating me well so why should I care about others? It isn’t until they are treated poorly that some realize why that saying came to be and are left with two choices: As much as this saying is circulated, some still don’t follow it. Treat people how you would want to be treated. Maybe I understood something you may not have considered but also relate… or maybe I’m way off base and you can tell me in the comments! Either way, I hope you enjoy if not my input than surely some of Kaur’s poetic prose. They may or may not be the same as what it meant to you, but that’s the beauty of poetry (and literature in general, really). Below, I include a handful of them and I briefly share the lessons I gathered. This book has roughly 25 poems that had me reflecting on my life. While I do not relate to all of her experiences, namely the traumatic ones, it still is eye-opening that, through her words, I can get a small sense of what that crippling pain has put her and others in similar positions through. She touches themes of trauma, love, heartache and, yes, healing. “Milk and honey” is divided into four sections the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing. Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup cans weren’t always so popular either. In the meantime, I don’t see why there wouldn’t be room for another genre of art (or non-art, I don’t know who decides these things, ask that official). Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, or other poets that are still alive and know what the internet is. Who knows, maybe this will get people back into classic poetry like E.E. Get it, girl! Before these pop poets, interest in poetry had been dwindling. It has since been translated into over thirty languages”. ![]() Since published in 2014, the collection has “sold well over a million copies gracing the New York Times bestsellers list every week for over a year. Different kinds of reflection, sometimes, but reflection nonetheless. There are pros and cons to traditional poetry and pop poetry but both allow for the reader to have moments of reflection. Simple as they may be, I think the style of pop poets are good for sharing experiences and lessons rather than showcasing multilayered poetry that has you staring out into the distance until you figure out what the heck the poet is artistically saying. Regardless of how you might feel about “pop poets” or “instapoets”, there are lessons in their writings. Today I’m sharing with you all, although I doubt you haven’t heard of it, Rupi Kaur’s book of poems, “milk and honey”. I know I’m late jumping on the “milk and honey” bandwagon but here I go anyway. ![]()
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