Poetry Quote by Warsan Shire — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“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.”

“Later that night she picked the polish off”

“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.”

“Your daughter is ugly.”

“Sometimes it feels like someone else is wearing my body.”

““With you, intimacy colours my voice.”

“Love, be”

“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,”

“Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?”

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,”

“She needed the chaos within her in order to discover the extraordinary no man could ever reach.”

“Poetry: the best words in the best order.”