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
Praise for Rupi Kaur:
‘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
