10 Kata-Kata Bijak Bahasa Inggris dari Rupi Kaur

Merdeka.com - Rupi Kaur merupakan seorang penyair yang terkenal lantaran unggahan puisinya di instagram. Perempuan yang lahir di India pada 5 Oktober 1992 ini telah memiliki buku yang terkenal berjudul Milk and Honey.

Buku ini diterbitkannya pada tahun 2015. Rupi Kaur belajar di Departemen Retorika dan Penulisan Profesional di University of Waterloo, Ontario. Rupi Kaur memulai karirnya dengan mengunggah sajaknya secara daring di media sosial seperti instagram dan juga Tumblr.

Rupi Kaur kemudian dijuluki sebagai seorang penyair feminis. Karya-karyanya yang membicarakan tema cinta, kehilangan femininitas, pelecehan, dan kekerasan inilah yang membuatnya dijuluki sebagai seorang feminis.

Karyanya yang berjudul Milk and Honey menduduki peringkat dua dalam daftar buku terlaris amazon. Antologi miliknya ini bahkan masuk ke dalam daftar buku terlaris versi New York Times dan bertengger selama 25 minggu berturut-turut.

Rupi Kaur membagi bab dalam bukunya menjadi empat bagian. Bagian tersebut di antaranya 'the hurting', 'the loving', 'the breaking', 'the healing'. Semua bagian dalam bukunya tidak menggunakan huruf kapital. Jika Anda belum pernah membaca buku Milk and Honey, berikut 10 cuplikan kata-kata Rupi Kaur.

Kata-kata Bijak Rupi Kaur

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1. I grew up thinking I was going to change the world, but not because I was treated like a special snowflake. Its a silly label. People are starving. We need to feed them. Thats the end of the conversation.

2. I want to apologize to all the women I have called beautifulbefore Ive called them intelligent or braveI am sorry I made it sound as thoughsomething as simple as what youre born withis all you have to be proud ofwhen you have broken mountains with your witfrom now on I will say things likeyou are resilient, or you are extraordinarynot because I dont think youre beautifulbut because I need you to knowyou are more than that

3. "When you are broken and he has left you do not question whether you were enough the problem was you were so enough he was not able to carry it"

4. The world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it there is nothing purer than that

5. Trying to convince myself I am allowed to take up space is like writing with my left hand when I was born to use my right

6. The next time he points out the hair on your legs is growing back remind that boy your body is not his home he is a guest warn him to never outstep his welcome again

7. Growing up, I naturally embraced who I was, but I was always battling with myself. So I spent half my time being proud of being a woman and the other half completely hating it.

8. If you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else

9. you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to swallow i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow

10. i dont know what living a balanced life feels like

when i am sad

i dont cry i pour

when i am happy

i dont smile i glow

when i am angry

i dont yell i burn

the good thing about

feeling in extremes

is when i love

i give them wings

but perhaps

that isn't

such a good thing

cause they always

tend to leave and

you should see me

when my heart is broken

i don't grieve (mdk/vna)