Title: the sun and her flowers
Description: 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
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology), Poetry, American poetry, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2017-10-22, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American poetry -- 21st century, Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Poetry, Women