“I won't glorify or romanticise heartbreak, for me it was a kind of death and I was forced to keep living.” KindGlorify Author:Warsan Shire
“Poetry is like a portrait of a moment or person, and the poem is almost like looking at a photograph; it slaps you in the face and kisses you at the same time. Nothing else does that, with that brevity. Songs try to do it, but that's three minutes. A poem, you read it and it kind of changes your life and you don't know how it happened and you can never forget it. It's like the best song lyric, the best line from a film-everything in the world that's short and great put together.” KnowsWorldTryingKindPersonsDoeMomentsTogetherFilmFacesSongThreeLinesForgetKnow HowHappenedMinutesKissingPhotographPoetry IsNever ForgetPortraitsChanging Your LifeForget ItSlapBrevity Author:Warsan Shire
“My name is indigenous to my country, it is not easy to pronounce, it takes effort to say correctly and I am absolutely in love with the sound of it and its meaning. Also, it's not the kind of name you baby, slip into sweet talk mid sentence, late night phone conversation, whisper into the receiver kind of name, so, of that I am glad.” KindCountryNightNamesEasySoundEffortSweetBabyConversationLatePhonesSentencesGladSlipsIndigenousReceiverLate NightSweet Talk Author:Warsan Shire
“Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.” PeopleFeelsKindAsksBehindsIntegrityAssumingTelling The TruthBe KindSay AnythingHow You FeelShire Author:Warsan Shire
“Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.” PeopleWorldKindLongBodyMovingTimeUniverseSadWoundsPaceWetAcheStagnantUnhappy PeopleMiserable PeopleGift Of Time Author:Warsan Shire
