Twenty-three-year-old Rupi Kaur has caused a surge of interest in poetry among teens and young adults with the publishing of Milk and Honey, a collection of poems and prose.

The book has become increasingly popular over the last year, reaching the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list in January 2017. Each of its four chapters—the hurting, the loving, the breaking, the healing—possesses a different theme.

“[Milk and Honey] takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look,” Kaur said. “I was always writing for myself. I wrote what I needed to write and hear—that’s what makes it powerful.”

The poems explore the complexity of emotions such as love, loss, trauma, healing and femininity in a simple way, which makes it appealing to a younger audience. Scrolling through Tumblr, you’re likely to chance upon one of Kaur’s poems reblogged by a high school student.

Senior Zoe Harville is among those who felt a connection to the book.

“I related to a lot of these poems because I’ve experienced the things [Kaur] writes about,” Harville said. “I think our youth likes Milk and Honey because they can relate, or they feel that emotion that the writer feels.”

Junior Maddie Harrison agrees that the poems’ rawness is what has made it a hit. Harrison even looks up to Kaur as a role model.

“I admired her because she’s a great example of what a feminist truly is and should be,” Harrison said. “She doesn’t sugarcoat the struggles that she has been through, or the struggles that people in general have been through.”

Harrison said she thinks the book is one all students should read.

“Overall, Milk and Honey shows that no matter what emotions or unfortunate situations we experience, we have the strength within ourselves to persevere.”