“The Sun and Her Flowers”
Written by Rupi Kaur
Review written by Diana Iozzia
“The Sun and Her Flowers” is the sophomore poetry
collection written by ultra-famous, bestselling modern poet, Rupi Kaur. A few
days prior to reading her second book, I read her first, enjoying it. It was
not my favorite poetry that I had ever read, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I
enjoyed the blend of heartbreak and love in that collection. There were many types
of love and how it could go wrong. I felt that she had a very acute but
accurate view of the world. With her second collection, I enjoyed it less.
I believe that I enjoyed “The Sun and Her Flowers”
less, because the poetry was about more than the first. Her second involved
themes of women empowerment and politics, which unfortunately is not a type of
poetry that I enjoy reading about. I don’t mind reading serious poetry. Most of
her poetry in “Milk and Honey” was very serious. However, I just don’t like
reading poetry about much more depressing topics. I felt the first had a good sampling
of both, but this book felt more saddening. This led to my disinterest and disappointment
with this collection. I do understand that some readers may enjoy the book more
because of the newer focuses, and I understand that poetry is very subjective.
I read this in an e-book form, so the pages were
very jumbled and it was hard to determine which poem was on each page. Many of
Kaur’s poems do not have titles, so I can’t list the untitled ones that I enjoyed,
because I’m not sure if the page number is correct. In light of that, I am sharing
with you the titled poems that I enjoyed. Kaur’s poetry collections are separated
into sections. The sections in this collection are: “Wilting”, “Falling”, “Rooting”,
“Rising”, “Blooming”. The poems with an asterisk next to it are favorites.
“The Construction Site of Our Future” *
“The Mornings Without You” *
“Hunger”
“Not Your Hobby”
“The Human Condition”
“Ghosts”
“I Don’t Need More Friends”
“Depression is a Shadow Living Inside Me”
“The Underrated Heartache” *
“Green and Blue” *
“Rest in Peace” *
“Boat” *
“What If”
“The New World Had Drained Him” *
“Forward” *
“A Fresh Love is a Gift” *
“Celebration” *
“If Only We Met When I Was That Willing”
“Checklist”
“The Sun and Her Flowers”
“Fingers”
“Sex”
“Commitment” *
“The Chase” * (My favorite from the whole book!)
“Funeral”
“Medicine”
In conclusion, I still enjoyed many poems from this
collection. I absolutely recommend reading both her books. I would happily read
future collections written by Rupi Kaur.
