Rupi kuar leave poem1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() In my opinion, it is not the emotions a piece of writing makes you feel that makes it poetry, but the art of how they made you feel it in the first place. ![]() ![]() Or that the text message I got from my mom is poetry, because it made me feel annoyed. Going by this logic, the fortune I got from a fortune cookie is poetry, because it made me feel happy or indifferent. Here’s why I have a problem with this definition: it’s too vague. If you ask a crowd of people what they think poetry is, you’re going to hear echoes of “anything that makes you feel emotion, is poetry” in some way, shape or form. And while I admire the messages she conveys, and the difficult topics she tackles and explores, I hate Rupi Kaur, and here’s why. The average person is able to read her poems and understand what she’s trying to say without much thought, and most people enjoy this. To put it simply, fans love her for her bravery and courage to talk about difficult themes so openly, and they relate to the struggles and emotions she conveys through her work. It goes without saying that she has largely impacted the poetry community, and has encouraged more and more people to start reading poetry. Following her success, Rupi Kaur has brought poetry into the mainstream, developing a new audience and market for the literary genre. Rupi Kaur is an Indian-Canadian poet, known for her illustrations, her short, easy to understand poems posted on her Instagram page, and her poetry books- Milke and Honey, and The Sun and Her Flowers. ![]()
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