Book 26 - How Fitting: 26 Letters Rearranged Just So

Title - Milk and Honey Author - Rupi Kaur Genre - moderngoddess poetry

I'm not much for poetry - I'm sure I've mentioned this before - but this book has been cropping up all over my IG so I thought I'd take a whack at it. Also, I adore the title. So simple, so sweet; it lights my senses on fiyah.

And...

I liked it! I can see why this collection of poems and prose has gained popularity. The language is simple yet evocative, and it's a quick and easy read. It's also a good introduction to poetry for anyone who doesn't have the patience to wade through metaphors for some sense of meaning, or scuffle with abnormal arrangements of words and sentences on the page. Some of passages don't do a whole lot for me, but others resonate like a goddamn drum. Some of my favourites include:

the thing about writing is/i cant tell it its healing/or destroying me and

the letting go has/become the forgetting/which is the most/pleasant and saddest thing/to have happened

The author also gets sexual in the best way possible, in such a luxuriously female way that brings to mind naked glowing goddesses (yes, I've now used that word twice in this post) and natural disasters.

find your favourite page in the soft spot between my legs and read it carefully. fluently. vividly. don't you dare leave a single word untouched.

Jeez louise, is in hot in here or whaaaat.

This book spoke to the woman in me, to the sadness and the life and everything in the crevices between. Also, there are these fantastic line drawings that complement maybe every third poem, and they - are - beautiful. I want them tattooed on my body and written on my walls.

Good stuff, Kaur, good stuff!

Rating: 🌋🌋🌋🌋/5