![]() ![]() “Like her peers Nayyirah Waheed, Lang Leav, and, to a lesser extent, Warsan Shire (whose work is more complex and has received more critical acclaim), Kaur produces bite-size, accessible poems,” Buzzfeed wrote in 2017. ![]() She has also inspired the work of Rupi Kaur, who-though critically acclaimed-has been accused of plagiarizing Waheed’s style. Waheed’s work has been compared to that of Warsan Shire, which was adapted for Beyoncé’s 2016 audio-visual opus Lemonade.Though her style of poetry has been criticized (she deviates from more traditional forms of poetry in favor of full stops and minimally-lined poems), it is her fearlessness to wander away from the norm that has brought her much acclaim, as well as her approach to topics like love, feminism, and racial identity. Nayyirah Waheed is a self-described “quiet poet” known for her poetry books salt. ![]()
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