Poets have a way with words. A true, prolific poem goes beyond a simple play on words. It speaks a language of truth, beauty, and most often than not—sorrow. New York-based poet, Reuben Holmes (aka r.h. Sin), has a way with words. Having gained some two million fans on Instagram alone, Holmes’ words ring true for his many, many followers.
Aimed mainly at women, his poems provide comfort, acknowledging the hardship of letting go or simply staying put. “Let it hurt, then let it go,” reads one epigraph, while another encourages the reader to “stop forcing life into the ghost of everything he used to be.”
According to Holmes, he used Twitter, and later Instagram, as tools that help shape his style and form. In an interview with The New Yorker, he explained that using Twitter, for example, has taught him to say less, but make a point using 140 characters.
“Your account should be growing, you should also be growing,” Holmes shared with The New Yorker. “Evolving is the point,” he stressed. “My words are what I would say to my sister, my mother, or the women I want to protect,” he explains. “Even after being hurt by a woman in the past, I understood where it came from and why she was the way she was as soon as I met her father, the man who had broken her heart long before she’d even known me.”
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