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Alisha Christensen

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Hi, I’m Alisha, the voice behind Where She Grows. As a single mom, self-made poet, and all-around hell-raiser, I’ve spent the last four years pouring my soul into poetry that captures just a small part of the raw and real aspects of life.

Through my four independently published poetry collections, I explore themes of love, life, and losing yourself to create a space where you can grow through what you go through.

I write poetry about healing from intergenerational trauma, abuse, and the grief of losing a sister. My series, Still Growing Wildflowers isn’t about glossing over the tough parts; it’s about finding the beauty, the strength, the love, or simply just acknowledging that sometimes, life just fxcking sucks and it is what it is.

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Blood in the Water

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The challenge was to write a short creative fiction piece, no longer than 2,000 words, about a post-apocalyptic dystopia. The only requirement was that the story must include a heart-shaped locket.
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"I absolutely adore the style/layout of this book. Alisha never ceases to amaze me. Feels like your reading your bestie’s intimate journal. I never get sick of her vulnerability and unapologetic poetry. I appreciate her honesty on all things, love, he" Read more of this review »
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"Still not sure how the author managed to see inside my soul but these poems are hauntingly beautiful; real, and raw. She doesn’t hide from the darkness inside her or cover her flaws, while also managing a level of self awareness and self love we’d al" Read more of this review »
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“here's the thing about wildflowers
they take root wherever they are
grow strong through the wind, rain, pain, sunshine, blue skies and starless nights
they dance, even when it seems there is nothing worth dancing for
they bloom
with or without you”
Alisha Christensen, Still Growing Wildflowers

“sunlight
dances on my skin
like fingertips
feet
rooting in the earth as she whispers
you are read
even though it hurts
--blooming”
Alisha Christensen, Still Growing Wildflowers

“End of summer
comes falling like a waterfall of midnight stars
and I'm crawling out of this
nymphal skeleton
leaving you
like cicada do”
Alisha Christensen, The Lovers

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”
Charles Bukowski

“Love is a rebellious bird,
that nobody can tame,
and you call him quite in vain,
if it suits him not to come.”
Ludovic Halévy

“I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance”
E.E. Cummings

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
Rabindranath Tagore

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