The Sun and Her Flowers

From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is 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

‘Kaur is at the forefront of a poetry renaissance’ - Observer
 
‘Kaur made her name with poems about love, life and grief. They resonate hugely’ - Sunday Times
 
‘Poems tackling feminism, love, trauma and healing in short lines as smooth as pop music’ - New York Times
 
‘Caught the imagination of a large, atypical poetry audience…Kaur knows the good her poetry does: it saves lives’ - Evening Standard
 
‘Breathing new life into poetry…It has people reading, and listening’ - The Pool

‘Every so often, a book comes along that seems to have a life of its own, that is passed lovingly from one reader to another with recommendations that insist, "You must read this". Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey is one such book’ - Red Magazine