Home Body
rupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present, and the potential of the self. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself - reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here.
i dive into the well of my body
and end up in another world
everything i need
already exists in me
there’s no need
to look anywhere else
- home
Reviews (207)
Instapoetry. Maybe it's me but here are my thoughts!
A gentle reminder that this is just my opinion and that if you love this author you should try the book out for yourself! The good reviews are overwhelming so rest assured that a lot of people liked it but if you're looking for something more critical, here I am! I remember loving Milk and Honey so I'm not sure if I just grew out of my Instapoetry (usually a line to a few lines saying something like "He loved me but he was too late. I already found love in myself." Very simple. A lot of the time too simple.) phase or if this book just completely missed the mark. The writing just fell so flat. Especially the short ones. The longer ones gave more emotion and I enjoyed those but it was definitely outweighed by the littered Instapoetry that felt so empty. It felt like it was trying so hard to be deep that it almost seemed ridiculous. Maybe it's just me, which is okay. Happy that people enjoyed the book though and that she's getting support. I know you won't love everything a creator puts out. Looking forward to any other work she'll put out!
*Deep Sigh*
Honestly I’ll start by saying I don’t understand how any poet can just decide that they get to define what “real” poetry is. That’s tired. That aside, I am about halfway through this book and like always, it’s like I’m living outside of myself when I read her work. Her honestly and commitment to writing in the way our minds often float through thought is beautiful. The way she takes us on a journey of healing and is always speaking through her own lens, is the type of openness I love to indulge in when consuming poetry. I have moments of being in FULL tears and feel myself mending with the pages only to unravel again. And that’s okay. Her work reminds me that the process of feeling is okay and just right no matter how it happens. Love this and will probably gift it to a few women in my life.
Shimmering gold in every page
She might not be for everyone. And she doesn't claim or try to be. I love that. And for me, she speaks into my heart, the very depths of me. With every turn of the page I fall deeper in love with her words, and how she expresses the silent, still, parts that live inside all of us, true to the feminine experience. I can't recommend this book more than saying I received it today, read the entire thing, and will continue to read it over and over. I will not loan it out (something I do with ALL books), instead I will buy it for all my women, and favorite men who can receive her words with an open heart. Again, she might not be for everyone. But she IS actually for everyone. If you're there. You're there. Until then, move on. When you're ready, come back, to the alchemy of these words into golden nuggets of life wisdoms. You'll know when it's your time. When you're willing to hear that you are enough.
Rushed
I’ll probably be the only one to say this but I feel as though maybe rupi Kaur felt a lot of pressure to write another book to appease her fans. This book seemed rushed and some things were a let down. And after reading that rupi writes about issues women face but some that she may not have personally experienced takes away from us that have gone through those things . Like how can you write about a pain we went through with just one or two sentences . I’m very saddened by this.
makes you feel all emotional inside
couldn’t disagree more with the salty reviewer. i got this book delivered and opened to a random page and immediately connected and felt so emotional - and the feelings remained as i read a few other random ones (quickly before i had to go to work haha). this book is filled with beautiful poems and i highly recommend it to anyone who loves rupi’s other work.
Read her other books instead
I loved her other books and have read them many times so I bought this novel excited for another deep dive into her poetry. This book did not give me any of the feelings I felt reading the other books. There were a few good poems but most of the Poetry was preachy and unrelatable. Some poetry was a single sentence on her political beliefs. Waste of paper for one sentence. The book talks about saving the planet while it is ironically a waste itself.
Good book
The book was not like milk and honey, which I adore. However, it was her style and the poems had meaning and a lot to say. There where more poems for the power of women and some political themes. I would definitely recommend for people to read this book. All of her poetry books have been beautifully written and illustrated. I look forward to more of her work in this modern age.
Embody Your Woman Glory
Rupi Kaur’s third collection of poetry "home body" (perfectly titled) is an exploration of self-love, a struggle with mental illness, and a renewal of a woman-spirit bruised by abuse. This collection is an intimate conversation with Kaur and herself, that we were privileged enough to be invited to observe. I especially enjoyed this collection because we see the process in Kaur’s evolution, maturity, and growth as we fly through the pages. She begins in a depressed state, and ends up in a healthy place, basking in her own beautiful individuality. The most import part of growth is the sticky middle – the seesaw between sadness and the desire to feel better. Kaur explores this in the middle of this book where she’s struggling to pull herself out and separate herself from her pain. In this section, she goes up and down – one poem feeling depressed and empty, and then she empowers yourself on the very next page. “i’m in the darkest room in my life” And just a few pages later, “i am loving myself out of the dark” Kaur talks about depression and abuse in a real and brutal way. She talks about her own experience of sexual abuse at a very young age. These poems are painful and difficult to read. Her confusion mixed with introspection, so many years after some of these incidents, is interesting because it shows the long-term effects of trauma. You can tell that she’s processed these feelings, and at this point she’s just sick and tired of the stigma and the pain that followers her. Kaur talks about feminism in an authentic, relatable way. She expresses her exhaustion and frustration with this concept as well. Her approach is similar to that of her struggle with abuse, and therefore interconnected. She’s a woman tried and beaten down by misogyny, racism, and her experiences. Yet, with everything that’s riding against her, Kaur managers to pick up her remains, and move on with a beautiful and enchanted life. She doesn’t let her abusers take away her childhood or she child-like spender for life. Kaur presents self-acceptance, self-appreciation and self-love in a new and refreshing way. We’ve all heard these themes before, but they mean more here since we seen the process from the beginning of this collection to the end. We see how down and destroyed she felt in the opening pages, so appreciate and understand her journey. The concepts of having patience, being still, and destroying expectations and over productivity lead Kaur to the peace she’s fought hard to achieve. She focuses on the balance between fighting to gain control over your life and letting go of reins and rediscover herself in all her glory. “there is a conversation happening inside you pay deep attention to what your inner world is saying” Enjoy some of my favorite quotes from "home body", “why do i let my mind get under my skin i am so sensitive” “i’m too in love with my life to be spilled all over the floor for the next man who gives me butterflies” “masturbation is meditation” “i want someone who is inspired by my brilliance not threatened by it” “[I] accepted that happiness has nothing to do with feeling good all the time” “i want to leave this place knowing i did something with my body other than trying to make it look perfect” “be here in what needs to be done today –that’s how you honor tomorrow” “nothing tastes better than being on your owner side”
An absolute letdown,,,,
Rupi has gone from writing heartfelt poetry in Milk and Honey to this self righteous book of endless complaining. This entire book is a cross between three liners you'd expect on inspirational posters to finger pointing to every man and white person in the world. She informs men they know nothing of women while offering her so-called expertise on men on every other page. This was not written to sell books as much as it was to lay the groundwork for her inevitable man-hating, white-hating, capitalism-hating, speaking engagements. And why not? They're more profitable to both her bank account and her ever-expanding ego. I normally read her books and pass them on. I threw this rubbish in the lake behind my house.
She does it again. Amazing !!!!!
I absolutely love and adore Rupi Kaur. I love all her books. This one is just as amazing as the other two books. Her books are the kind of books you finish in one day because you can't put it down. My only complaint about this order was that I preordered it and I got it a day after the release. I really wanted to read it when it came out. But nope I had to wait a whole day.
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