Poetry by Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Slim & Shady II is a playful experiment—a lyrical playground where wordplay, rhythm, and mischief collide. While much of my work dwells in the sacred darkness of Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism, this piece leans into cadence, puns, and clever twists inspired by the craft and energy of artists like Eminem and Ez Mil.

Here, the voice is extroverted, daring, and mischievous—turning language itself into both playground and weapon. Each line is a deliberate play of shadow and light, a balance of humor and darkness, echoing the parts of me that delight in the chaos, the riddles, and the audacious joy of words.

Shadows & Laughter nods to the duality I carry within my work: the intimate intensity of emotion, and the exuberant, witty, irreverent self that refuses to be confined. This poem is my invitation to step inside the game, to follow the twists of rhyme, and to let mischief, laughter, and the thrill of language guide you.

Slim & Shady II: Shadows & Laughter
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I’m slim, baby, got room to grow—
If you stick in the shadows, the light I’ll show.
Bars in my pocket, but my heart on display—
I’ll twist your mind like a cipher, then slip away.

I lace the lines with mischief, twist the words like springs,
Jokes in the margins, hidden meanings in the rings.
Microphone magician, syllables combust,
Every pun a spark, every rhyme a must.

Check the cadence—flip it, spin it, ride the beat,
Tongue-tied tumbles, clever hooks on repeat.
I sneak the truth in riddles, humor in disguise,
Every verse a mirror, reflecting sharp surprise.

Snap your brain with wordplay, tickle ears with wit,
Layers stacked like Lego, every piece legit.
I rhyme for chaos, for laughter, for the thrill,
Slim & Shady in spirit—but the voice is all skill.

I dodge clichés like dodging bullets in a flick,
Punchlines loaded, witty twists, my linguistic shtick.
Bars drip cleverness, inked with flair and jest,
Every line a labyrinth, every rhyme a test.

I shuffle words like cards, stack metaphors high,
Double meanings lurking, waiting sly in the sky.
Heartbeat syncopates with syllables in flight,
Laughter meets the darkness in the folds of night.

Eminem taught the cadence, Ez Mil the bite,
I channel both, a fusion of shadow and light.
Playful with the venom, mischievous and raw,
Every verse a puzzle, every hook a claw.

License to pun, with a semicolon in my hand,
Crossword battles brewing, wits at my command.
I spit paradox, irony, and clever jest,
Heart on my sleeve, mischief in my chest.

I juggle words like daggers, wit my only weapon,
Every rhyme a spark, every verse a confession.
Slim in spirit, shady in grin,
Twisting the world with the chaos within.

I rhyme, I jest, I twist, I tease—
Slim & Shady, now bow to me, please.
Bars in the heart, beats in the mind,
Every line a hook, every hook a sign.

I slip through the syllables, vanish in the pun,
Shadow and laughter—my mischief is done.

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If you are interested in reading the whole series, find it here: The Slim & Shady Series