27 Rupi Kaur Poems on Self Love

Rupi Kaur is an inspiring woman. She self-published her book of poems at the age of 21. And never stopped. She took to Instagram and is one of the most popular poets on #instapoems. She is not just known for the depth in her poems, but also for her ability to talk about often controversial topics in an approachable and relatable way.

All illustrations that accompany her poems are also created by her and are meaningfully tied to the poem.

We find that her quotes are powerful, inspiring, and are also the kind of affirmations we should do every day.

To preserve the experience of the poem + illustration, and to give due credit to the poet, we’ve embedded her Instagram posts here. Please do drop a kind comment if you enjoy her poems as much as we do.

From her newest book of poems, “homebody”, Rupi Kaur tackles uncertainty with an affirmation of positivity and hope.

“i am trusting the uncertainty and believing i will end up somewhere right and good.”

– rupi kaur

We all feel like giving up sometimes. Give up on things and other people, if they don’t serve you, and if you must. But don’t give up on yourself.

“there are miracles in me waiting to happen i am never giving up on myself.”

– rupi kaur

Look what you’ve done. Look how far you’ve come. You are a warrior. You are built for this. If you could see yourself now, you’d never take your eyes off yourself.

“i can’t take my eyes off me. now that i see myself i can’t take my mind off of me can’t believe the tricks my hands have beem up to the sermons i spoke into existence the mountains i built from all the shit people tried to stone me to death with”

warrior – rupi kaur

This is one of our favorite quotes. A line you can tell yourself on the darkest days and the brightest ones. Deeply meaningful in all situations.

“and here you are living despite it all”

– rupi kaur

We are always in progress, getting somewhere, aiming for something. And we always will be. We are perfectly imperfect right now. Deserving, because we exist.

“we think we are lost while our fuller found and complete selves are somewhere in the future we got on our hands and knees thinking self improvement will help us reach them. but this finding our selves bullshit is never going to end i’m tired of putting off living until i have more information on who i am i’m a new person every month always becoming and unbecoming only to become again our fuller selves are not off in the future they’re right here in the only moment that exists i don’t need fixing i will be searching for answers my whole life not because i’m half-formed thing but because i’m brilliant enough to keep growing everything necessary to live a vivid life already exists in me”

i am complete simply because i’m imperfect. – rupi kaur

The warrior theme runs in several of Rupi Kaur’s poems, as it does here. She reminds us to not be victims of our experiences but to treat our wounds as an honor, they helped us become who we are today.

i am not a victim of my life what i went through pulled a warrior out of me and it is my greatest honor to be her

– rupi kaur

You always have you. You are never alone.

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

you have all of you on your side – rupi kaur

What happened to you does not define who you are.

i am not my worst days i am not what happened to me

reminder – rupi kaur

What does home mean to you? Isn’t it the place where we feel comfortable being who we are?

i dive into the well of my body and end up in another world everything i need already exists in me there’s no need to look anywhere else

home – rupi kaur

You’ve got this. Knowing that can change everything. Such a positive affirmation for all of us.

i am waking up to my godself

– rupi kaur

We love this poem. It’s so empowering. Just say it out loud a few times when you are feeling a little low. It’s an instant pick-me-up.

“i am loving myself out of the dark”

– rupi kaur

Have you ever wondered, what it would be like? To be in-tune with yourself? To not ponder about how you appear on the outside but to acknowledge how truly whole you feel on the inside?

“it was when i stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself i found there were no roots intimate than those between mind and body that have decided to be whole”

– rupi kaur

This little poem reminds us of one of Ram Dass’s most loved quotes, “Be here now!” We are also truly a fan of the illustration itself.

“you do not belong to the future or the past”

you belong right here – rupi kaur

“give me laugh lines and wrinkles i want proof of the jokes we shared engrave lines into my face like the roots of the tree that grow deeper with each passing year i want sunspots as souvenirs for the beaches we laid on i want to look like i was never afraid to let the world take me by the hand and show me what its made of i want to leave this place knowing i did something with my body other than trying to make it look perfect”

– rupi kaur

We’ve read these lines over and over again. And nothing rings truer to us. Whenever you find yourself standing in front of the mirror trying to tuck yourself into a piece of clothing that’s now worthy of you, read yourself this little poem. What are you going to do with the body you’ve been given?

If someone, anyone, including you, set a standard on what you should look like, disregard it. Ask instead, what you want to feel like?

“live loud and proud like you deserve and reject their bullshit definition of what a woman should look like”

-rupi kaur

“we are all born so beautiful the greatest tragedy is being convinced we are not”

– rupi kaur

You are beautiful. You are wonderful just the way you are. You make this world a brighter place. Just be you. Believe in yourself.

This is one of Rupi Kaur’s poems that touch us deeply. In our hustle to get a corner office and a larger house, we forgot to say thank you to your first and only home. Your body.

Have you talked to yourself today with love?

look down at your body whisper there is no home like you

thank you – rupi kaur

Sometimes a little confidence is all we need.

“when they buried me alive i dug my way out of the ground with palm and fist i howled so loud the earth rose in fear and the dirt began to levitate my whole life has been an uprising one burial after another”

i will find my way out of you just fine – rupi kaur

This too shall pass.

“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise”

– rupi kaur

“i am water

soft enough to offer life tough enough to drown it away”

– rupi kaur

Nothing is worth holding on to. Especially not hurt, bitter words, sadness, or guilt. Reduce your burdens. It was never yours to carry anyway.

“let it go let it leave let it happen nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway”

all you own is yourself – rupi kaur

There is no one quite like you. You are here for a reason. Rupi Kaur says so much in this poem in such few words.

“the universe took its time with you crafted you to offer the world something different from everyone else when you doubt how you were created you doubt an energy greater than us both”

irreplaceable – rupi kaur

Take a few minutes each day to listen to what your body is saying. Give it time and space to heal and express itself. Give it the attention it deserves. Give it the love and care it needs.

“trust your body it reacts to right and wrong better than your mind does”

it is speaking to you – rupi kaur

“we need more love not from men but from ourselves and each other”

medicine – rupi kaur

A page from Rupi Kaur’s book, “The Sun and Her Flowers”, this poem is a good reminder. What we seek outside is quite often what is already available on the inside.

“their concept of beauty is manufactured i am not”

– rupi kaur

Your body is an instrument to help you lead the life you want. It is not an ornament. Stay away from putting unrealistic pressures from society to look a certain way. You are human. You are unique.

Self-love is the only way to heal wholly, completely, deeply. Feel. Accept. Love.

“to heal you have to get to the root of the wound and kiss it all the way up”

– rupi kaur

“if i am in the longest relationship of my life isn’t it time to nurture intimacy and love with the person i lie in bed with each night”

acceptance – rupi kaur

Your longest relationship is going to be with yourself. Invest in it. Take time out for yourself. Discover, uncover yourself.

Those were our favorite poems of Rupi Kaur. Her poems are widely read, loved, and criticized in the literary circle. However, her delivery, channel, and her simplicity touch her audiences deeply. We wholly support all work that helps us lead a fulfilling life.

We hope you enjoyed our curation as much as we enjoyed collating them. If you enjoyed her work, please do support the poet by purchasing one of the books.