Poetry by Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Perspective is one of the strangest things we possess.

Two people can stand in the same place, witness the same moment, and walk away carrying completely different worlds inside them.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about that—not as something that separates us, but as something that makes us interesting.

This poem isn’t saying one perspective is better than another. It isn’t about claiming superiority.

It’s about accepting that no one else can inhabit your mind.

No one else sees exactly what you see, makes the same connections, or experiences the same emotional landscape. We can describe our inner worlds through art, conversation, and metaphor, but there will always be a distance between experiencing something and hearing someone describe it.

As a poet, I spend much of my life trying to bridge that distance.

This poem acknowledges that the bridge will never be perfect—and that’s okay.

Our perspectives don’t need to become identical to be meaningful.

Sometimes it’s enough to simply recognize that every person is looking through a different window.

— Rowan Evans

Through My View
Poetry by Rowan Evans

It’s eight,
I hear the birds chirp.
It’s late, I’m awake—
what’s new?

Silence.
It’s violence—
the words that I choose,
when I’m cut loose.

Like my thoughts,
I’m off leash—
you can’t stop me.

I’ve got a mind
that stacks lines,
mountains high,
metaphors rise—

higher than Fuji,
higher than Everest.

You’ll never finish this climb,
your mountains will never match mine.
You could do this for the rest of your life—

but you’ll never cross my ocean,
you’ll never see my moon
with your own eyes.
You’ll never feel the pull of my tide—

because your mind
doesn’t work like mine.
You’ll never see the beauty
in my horizon line—

the way the colors
shift and shine
with the change of time.

You’ll never see the world like—
I do,
you’ll never see the world through—
my view.

Journey into the Hexverse…

[Just Human]
Just Human is a reflective free verse poem about seeing people before borders, choosing empathy over division, and finding home in our shared humanity rather than on a map.

[Monster Theology]
What if the monsters under the bed weren’t monsters at all? Monster Theology explores difference, belonging, and the human tendency to fear what we don’t understand through a conversation with the creatures we’ve spent our lives imagining.

[Before We Created The Labels]
Ancient gods return to a fractured world shaped by borders, identities, and separation. “Before We Created the Labels” explores humanity’s divisions through mythic imagery, sacred ritual, and symbolic collapse—asking what remains when we learn to see one another beyond labels.

[No You and I, Ony Us]
A hopeful free verse poem about empathy, borders, and imagining a world where humanity matters more than division.

[Two Americans]
What does it mean to share a country, a language, and still feel completely different? Two Americans explores identity, culture, and the quiet disconnect between people who should feel the same—but don’t.

If you’re interested in more poetry, you can find it here → [The Library of Ashes]