The Sun and Her Flowers

By Rupi Kaur

From Rupi Kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, 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

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Release date: Oct 3, 2017
• ISBN: 9781501175282

Rupi Kaur

A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection milk and honey in 2014. Next came its artistic siblings the sun and her flowers and home body, both debuting at #1 on bestseller lists across the world. These collections have sold more than 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. In 2022, she released her fourth book Healing Through Words which is a journey of guided writing exercises to help the reader explore their creativity. As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self-produced Rupi Kaur Live, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021. Rupi Kaur graces stages across the globe on sold-out world tours. These shows are a poetic theatrical experience interlaced with her own touch of stand-up. Her work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends.

Reviews for The Sun and Her Flowers

[marcejewels · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

From my blogThere are times things come into your life at the perfect moment and the sun and her flowers was one of those moments. My niece bought this as my Christmas gift and I decided to start the year with it. Poetry is my simple pleasure but I hardly read any so I was grateful for this gift. I can see myself reading this one again.This was a powerful book about the stages of grief, told in 5 chapters. Wilting reminded me of a broken relationship, the beginning of the grieving process. Falling was a heart felt moving chapter about the importance of self-love. Rooting was about diversity, the sacrifice we take for our families, the legacy. Rising started to give us the promise of new love. Blooming was moments of beauty, blessings and special lessons. These are my interpretations of the moments and chapters while reading the book.I read 99% on my Kindle so reading a book felt like a new experience, going down memory lane. I never liked to dog ear books but without the highlight Kindle feature I had to, there was so much to love and have at my fingertips. I would like to share a poem from each chapter for you, hope you enjoy them.Wiltingday by day i realizeeverything i miss about youwas never there in the first place- the person i fell in love with was a mirageFallingif i am the longest relationshipof my lifeisn't it time tonurture intimacyand lovewith the personi lie in bed with each night- acceptanceRootingwhen it came to listeningmy mother taught me silenceif you are drowning their voice with yours how will you hear them she askedwhen it came to speakingshe said do it with commitmentevery word you sayis your own responsibility when it came to beingshe said be tender and tough at onceyou need to be vulnerable to live fullybut rough enough to survive it allwhen it came to choosingshe asked me to be thankfulfor the choices i had thatshe never had the privilege of making- lessons from mummaRisingthe right one does notstand in your waythey make space for youto step forwardBloomingto hate is an easy lazy thingbut to lovetakes strengtheveryone hasbut not all arewilling to practice

[ecataldi-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

LOVED LOVED LOVED this! Normally I'm not one for poetry but Rupi Kaur showed me what's up. I didn't think anything could top her last collection (Milk and Honey), but my god, this is heaven. It's profoundly emotional, soul jarring, and introspective. It's word porn of the highest order. The Sun and Her Flowers is split into five sections: wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. Rooting was especially moving, delving into immigration and making a new life in a new country, her poems about her mother are profoundly touching. The accompanying illustrations really add to her poems, helping elicit even more of an emotional response from the reader. Her poems range from break-ups, self doubt, self-love, trust, immigration, and womanhood. I literally loved this book so much, I went out and bought it because I knew I had to possess such a a beautiful collection. A definite must read, especially for women.

[jillkenna · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved this collection just as much as the first one! Can't wait to read more

[akblanchard_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Rupi Kapur captures the angst inherent in late adolescence in her poetry collection The Sun and Her Flowers, including such fraught topics as feminism, self-love, body image, painful breakups, and even rape. There's also a section about her parents' immigration. Young adults who can relate to her short, accessible verses and simple drawings will find much to treasure here. As for me, I don't think that I'm the reader the poet had in mind. I found that a little of Kaur's poetic sensibility goes a long way.

[justagirlwithabook · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

So much hype around this collection of poems. I think it was a good collection but it didn't live up to the hype for me. Some pieces of poetry were very unique and inspirational, while others just fell flat and read like thoughts on a page - stream of consciousness rather than captivating, insightful poetry and masterfully crafted language. Not to say that it was bad, but it wasn't as amazing as I had hoped based on all the buzz! It was good for some easy poetry.

[Gi · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sweet poems! But I enjoyed Milk and Honey more than this one

[Megan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

it's amazing! this book gives me chills, i love it

[Courtney Lavallee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another absolutely amazing collection! Rupi is definitely an author I plan to keep my eye on.

I love her poetry so dang much!

[Devina Kristi Gunawan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely loved it. As a woman, reading this book feels like taking a good look of myself in the mirror and appreciating myself more.

[drjim · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It awakens anyone who slumbers indefinitely. Beautiful poetry for refuge

[Claudio Emanuel Barboza Fernández · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

a beautiful peace of literature, deeply moved and thankful for this piece.

[Karen Walker · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is such a powerful must read! Everyone needs to read this. Go read it!

[Yarina · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

worse than milk and honey, but i will recomend this, too!

[Alexandra Ungureanu · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Rupi has her own exquisite style of making you feel everything coming to the surface, shaking you and then liberating you.

As the first volume of poetry I read, written by her, there is a certain metamorphosis that happens during the reading.

Each poem is like a song. You vibe with every part of it.

[Kriiii Buuuu · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It felt so close, that I almost forget it wasn't about me.

[Sundus · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The words were really inspiring sometimes, too honest other times but you defintely can relate alot of times.

[Josmaira Lozada Lopez · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

i loved and enjoyed every sec of it. A must!!!!!