Flip The Script Publishing
Wildflower is more than just a poetry collection-it's a raw, unfiltered scrapbook of survival, self-discovery, and emotional reckoning. Woven together with lyrical precision, this debut collection captures the essence of pain, grief, triumph, and victory through the unique lens of a Black woman navigating the complex terrain of identity, memory, and healing.
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Blending powerful poetic devices, evocative imagery, and unapologetic Black dialect, Wildflower reads like a rhythmic testimony.
Each page pulses with cultural references that ground the reader in the richness of Black experience, while honoring the legacy of Black heroes, creatives, and voices silenced too soon.
Through Monalisa's deeply personal lens, readers are invited into the earliest chapters of a life shaped by trauma, abandonment, and resilience.
The verses bleed in black ink-aching, yet blooming— charting a path from the innocence of childhood through the jagged landscape of pain and into the fragile but fierce light of love and self-acceptance.
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This collection is not simply a reflection of the author's journey-it's a universal call to those who've ever felt unseen, unheard, or misunderstood. Wildflower is both a memorial and a celebration: a poetic uprising rooted in the soil of Black girlhood, watered by tears, and reaching always toward the sun.
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
INTRODUCING | MONALISA
​Adopting her first name as her official pen name, Monalisa is a writer based in Atlanta, originally hailing from upstate New York. As a teenager, she found inspiration in the works of literary giants like Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Claude McKay, J. California Cooper, and Octavia E. Butler. Their influence ignited in her a passion for storytelling that seeks to uplift and connect—sparking hope, determination, creativity, laughter, tears, and meaningful conversations that stir the soul.
Her debut, *Wildflower: Poems, Prose & Stories*, was published by Flip The Script Publishing, a company that she founded in 2021.
Beyond writing, Monalisa is an avid reader who among many other interests enjoys immersing herself in art and music, riding motorcycles, traveling, mentoring, volunteering in her community, attending both on and off-Broadway productions, spending time with kindred spirits, and exploring the great outdoors.​​
