B.O.A.S Rating – 3/5

‘you are not alone
alone would be if
your heart no longer beat
and your lungs no longer pulled
and your breath no longer pushed
how are you alone if
an entire community lives in you

– you have all of you on your side’

Rupi Kaur’s third book was a treat to find locally so soon after it’s release. And like her two other books, the poems in  Home Body are accompanied by her own illustrations. Even the book’s cover art is by her! I watched her hand paint the template on her IG Live. Oh, to be so talented.

The book is divided into four sections – mind, heart, rest and awake – and consists of a collection raw and unfiltered poems on self-reflection, acceptance, and ultimately, the awareness of the full potential of self.

It’s always such a treat to read or write something guided by Rupi and this book in no exception. Lots of the poems you are likely to identify with given the commonality of the human condition. But like me, a few pieces will probably speak louder to you than most. Re-read those. They’ll be what you want to call to mind the next time you find yourself having productivity anxiety or a bout of the blues.