Author’s Note

This poem started as a challenge to myself — a moment of curiosity and play. I wanted to see if I could weave a constellation of K-pop references into a poem without losing sincerity, rhythm, or heart.

But somewhere along the way, it stopped being about references at all.

This piece became a quiet dedication to the outsiders, the ones who move differently, create loudly, and refuse to shrink themselves for comfort. It’s about lineage — musical, creative, generational — and about writing for the people who don’t quite fit the mold, but keep building their own anyway.

This poem is for the misfits, the monsters, the ones finding their voice and stomping forward unapologetically.

Sacred Misfits
Poetry by Rowan Evans

When I write
universes are created,
every stanza
a BIGBANG.

It’s no Secret,
why I write so fast.
This is real life,
no special f(x)—
pen to paper,
a masterpiece
in 4Minutes flat.

I’ve written
poems to inspire
women.
To show them
they’re all
Wonder Girls.

Because I truly believe
this is a—
Girls’ Generation.

I’ve been doing this
for a long time.
I’ve been doing this since
before I was 2NE1.

Now I write for
the Stray Kids,
the sacred misfits—
and every outcast,
made to shrink.

I write for
the BABYMONSTERs,
the big stompers—
and anyone paving
their own lane.

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