Alexandra Authement

Joined July 2021

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Welcome! I've been writing as a hobby all my life and am interested in sharing my work with a wider audience. Here you'll find poetry, fiction, and short memoirs about my experience growing up in fundamentalist Christianity.

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Something That Makes You Feel Alive
We were kids Taking sips of dark beer behind giggles Because it made us feel tall. Eyes wide in flickering light Begging to cross a line.
By Alexandra Authement5 years ago in Poets
Defining Legalism and Discovering God
Here’s a very abridged list of things I was taught and believed an individual could not do and be a Christian when I entered college at 19:
By Alexandra Authement5 years ago in Futurism
The Apartment
Scratched wood and smudged beige walls, The shriek of a vibrant orange teapot. Dust and cat hair settle on the desk, the table, the couch, the bed.
By Alexandra Authement5 years ago in Poets
The Constant (parts 1-4)
Part 1 - The Constant Left. Right. The pendulum pulls my gaze. It drags my head across the dark backdrop. Pulling, pulling. Twisting my spine.
By Alexandra Authement5 years ago in Poets
The Man In the Corner of My Eye
There is a man in the corner of my eye. He is never there when I turn my head. He stands above me when I sleep and is gone when I open my eyes.
By Alexandra Authement5 years ago in Poets

Alexandra Authement

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Something That Makes You Feel Alive

Defining Legalism and Discovering God

The Apartment

The Constant (parts 1-4)

The Man In the Corner of My Eye

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