Home Body

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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
theres no need
to look anywhere else
home

Author Bio

Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. As a twenty-one-year-old universitystudent,Rupiwrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetrycollection,milk and honey. Next came its artistic siblings,the sun andher flowers and home body. These collections have sold over 11 million copies and havebeen translated into over forty-three languages. Most recently in 2022, she released Healing Through Words, a journey of guided writing exercises to help readers explore their own creativity. As she has done from the very beginning,Rupiself-producedRupiKaur Live, the first poetry special of its kind,which debuted on Amazon PrimeVideo in 2021.Rupi Kaur graces stages across the globe on sold-out world tours. These shows are a poetic theatrical experience interlaced with her own touch of stand-up. Her work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends.