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'I was sick of being silent all the time'

Poet Rupi Kaur used Instagram to build a captive audience for her poetry about survival, womanhood, abuse, love and loss - with 1.3 million followers and counting.

She explains how writing helped her own healing process and shares one of the short poems from her bestselling book Milk and Honey, which she hopes will inspire other young women to follow in her footsteps.

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