Canadian poet Rupi Kaur transformed the world of poetry - or was it the other way around? One of the world’s most famous poets sits down with Stylist to talk Instapoetry, mental health, feminism and the healing power of words.

Canadian poet Rupi Kaur transformed the world of poetry - or was it the other way around? One of the worldu2019s most famous poets sits down with Stylist to talk Instapoetry, mental health, feminism and the healing power of words.

Rupi Kaur author of Milk & Honey: How poetry saved my life

The literary world was made for people of a certain class, race and gender. If I’d written Milk and Honey 20 years ago, I never could have published it

At school, I was so traumatised by bullying that I refused to speak, and books became my best friends

We’re in a time when we need vulnerability, and we want connection, and we need it right now. That’s why poetry is working

Young women are constantly told, you’re not good enough, this is what you’re missing in you’re life

I’m back to my roots of being fearless and saying whatever the heck is on my mind and not caring about who picks the book up

Poet Rupi Kaur sits down with Stylist to talk Instapoetry, mental health and the therapeutic power of words.

“I need poetry more than it needs me”: Rupi Kaur on how writing saved her