POEMS
The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur
Published: October 3, 2017
Pages : 256 (paperback)
Rupi Kaur has achieved a rare feat for a modern poet: mainstream popularity. Part of a new generation of instapoets—young poets publishing verse primarily on social media—Kaur, 25, pairs her dreamy, aphoristic poems with doodles reminiscent of those found in the margins of old school books. Now comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry: a vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.
Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.
this is the recipe of life
said my mother
as she held me in her arms as i wept
think of those flowers you plant
in the garden each year
they will teach you
that people too
must wilt
fall
root
rise
in order to bloom
***
what is stronger
than the human heart
which shatters over and over
and still lives
***
you left
and i wanted you still
yet i deserved someone
who was willing to stay
Adapted from reviews in The Guardian and Amazon
