Rowan Evans poetry – Poetry by Rowan Evans

Alphabet Attitude – A Short Rage Poem About Language, Anger, and Wordplay

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Sometimes anger doesn’t arrive in long speeches–it shows up in fragments, sharp and sudden.

Alphabet Attitude plays with language the way frustration plays with the mind: out of order, sarcastic, and biting. What begins as a playful twist on the alphabet quickly unravels into something more honest–a confession that sometimes rage hides inside humor and wordplay.

Every letter becomes a weapon. Every syllable carries a feeling that refuses to stay quiet.

— Rowan Evans

Sometimes the alphabet isn’t for spelling—it’s for attitude.

Alphabet Attitude
Poetry by Rowan Evans

Alphabet Attitude
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I got an attitude
like the alphabet—
A, B, D, C, E, F—
You.

Aye, B—
Did you C the way I feel?
Every line, every letter,
everything’s unreal.

Fucked up, messed up,
twisted through and through,
and yeah—it’s all
because of
you.

Every syllable, sharp like a knife,
spitting letters, spitting rage,
this is my life.

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Mar 15, 2026 8:00 PM

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A Balance Found – A Short Poem About Identity, Duality, and Self-Acceptance

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

This poem was written on February 19th as a quiet reflection on duality within the self. We are often told to choose between parts of who we are – light or shadow, reason or imagination, strength or softness. But real wholeness comes from learning both can exist at once.

A Balance Found is about accepting the full spectrum of who we are. The dreamer and the observer. The light and the shade. Not as opposing forces, but as pieces of the same soul that finally learns to stand whole.

— Rowan Evans

Finding harmony between light and shadow within the self.

A Balance Found
Poetry by Rowan Evans
(written February 19th, 2025)

Ink and shadow, light and shade,
Both have their place, both were made.
One to dream, one to see,
And I stand whole—both parts of me.

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Mar 12, 2026 11:07 PM

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Unshaken Ground – A Poem About Steady Love and Lasting Devotion

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Unshaken Ground was written during a season of reflection about what love truly means. So often we’re taught that love is sudden, dramatic, or overwhelming – but the kind of love I believe in is built slowly and intentionally. Like a house with a strong foundation, it requires patience, car, and the willingness to lay each stone deliberately.

This poem explores the idea that real devotion isn’t fragile or fleeting. It’s steady. It grows through distance, through time, through trust carefully built piece by piece. The speaker offers not grand promises made in haste, but a quiet vow: to build something strong enough to last.

At its heart, Unshaken Ground is about creating a safe space for another person’s heart – a love that stands firm no matter how long the journey takes.

— Rowan Evans

Love worth keeping is not built in a moment—it is laid stone by stone, steady and unshaken.

Unshaken Ground
Poetry by Rowan Evans
(written February 20th, 2025)

I do not build on sand, fleeting and weak,
where waves of doubt erode what we seek.
No, my muse, I carve each stone with care,
laying them firm, piece by piece, laid bare.

This foundation is not rushed nor undone,
it’s tempered in patience, beneath the same sun.
Brick by brick, trust will rise,
a home for your heart behind steadfast eyes.

The distance may stretch like an endless sea,
but my words are the bridges from you to me.
Each vow I craft, a pillar strong,
to hold you safe where you belong.

You are worthy of towers kissed by gold,
of walls that shelter from nights so cold.
Not a castle of glass, fragile and thin,
but a fortress where love will not cave in.

I will weave my devotion like roots in the earth,
steady and deep, proving your worth.
No fleeting storm can wash me away,
I am here, my muse, I will always stay.

And one day, no oceans to stand in our way,
I’ll cross them all—just to say, I stayed.
Not just in words, but in presence and touch,
to give you the love you’ve deserved so much.

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Mar 11, 2026 9:07 PM

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Whispers of the Green Muse | A Poem on Nature, Creativity, and the Cannabis Muse

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

This poem came from a moment where creativity felt tangled up with the natural world – the kind of moment where inspiration seems to arrive on the wind. The “green muse” here isn’t just cannabis, but the feeling of letting your mind wander into the quiet places where ideas take root and grow.

I wanted the rhythm of the poem to feel like the ritual it references: pause, breathe, pass the moment along. That repetition – puff, puff, pass – became a kind of poetic heartbeat, grounding the wandering imagery of smoke, leaves, and the spark of imagination.

For me, the piece isn’t about escapism. It’s about that brief window where the mind loosens, the world softens, and creativity slips through the cracks. Nature, after all, has always been one of humanity’s oldest muses.

— Rowan Evans

Where nature whispers and creativity blooms—the green muse at work.

Whispers of the Green Muse
Poetry by Rowan Evans
(written February 21st, 2025)

I carry a pocketful of nature’s gift,
A little bag of earthbound bliss.
Sunshine wrapped in emerald hues,
A spark, a flame—my mind breaks loose.

Puff, puff, pass…
Puff, puff—

A breeze of pine, a kiss of sage,
Smoke swirls like mist on a mountain stage.
Wisps of thought take root and bloom,
Ideas dancing in the room.

Puff, puff, pass…
Puff, puff—

Eyes half-lidded, visions wide,
Fingers race, no need to guide.
The whispering leaves, they speak to me,
A symphony of poetry.

Puff, puff, pass…
Puff, puff—

Rolling clouds, a lifted mind,
Floating where the muses climb.
From soil to soul, the vines entwine,
Nature’s magic, in every line.

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Mar 10, 2026 9:17 PM

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Love Like an Atom Bomb – A Poem About Explosive Love and Transformation

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

This poem explores the overwhelming power of love through the language of nuclear imagery—countdowns, chain reactions, fallout, and rebirth. I was interested in the idea that love can feel both destructive and creative at the same time: something that levels the person you were, only to leave space for something entirely new to grow.

The metaphor of an atom bomb captures that moment when emotion reaches critical mass—when attraction becomes unstoppable and the self you knew before can’t survive the impact. But even in the aftermath, there is transformation. What looks like devastation may also be the beginning of something alive.

Sometimes the brightest forces in our lives arrive quietly, without warning, and change everything.

— Rowan Evans

Love can arrive like a chain reaction—sudden, unstoppable, and powerful enough to remake everything.

Love Like An Atom Bomb
Poetry by Rowan Evans
(written Feb 23, 2025)

I never saw it coming,
the countdown silent, unseen—
then your name struck like a spark,
and in an instant, I was ground zero.

The air trembled,
a shockwave of heat and want,
your voice splitting the atoms of my restraint,
your touch igniting a fission in my bones.

We reached critical mass—
unstoppable, inevitable—
love detonated in the space between our lips,
burning away everything I was before you.

The fallout of your smile,
a radioactive grace,
laced in my veins, pulsing, consuming—
a chain reaction I can’t contain.

And yet, from the ashes,
where my heart was leveled and laid bare,
new life stirs—
a wasteland blooming in your wake.

Tell me, was it destruction or creation?
A beautiful catastrophe,
a love so bright it blinds,
so fierce it remakes the world.

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Mar 9, 2026 10:30 PM

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Refusing the Script: A Poem About Rejecting Expectations and Conformity

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Sometimes people expect you to play a role they’ve already written for you. A role shaped by their fears, their politics, or their idea of what loyalty should look like.

This poem is about refusing that script.

— Rowan Evans

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is refuse the role others expect you to play.

Refusing the Script
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I feel I lost my voice
in a way,
put pen to page,
learned the cost to say—
translating rage,
when writing
came to stay.

Breaking bars
on the mental cage,
so I could escape.
I’m no actor—
I don’t perform,
but life’s a stage.

I can hear
your expectations,
the way you
judge from fear—
and manipulation.
You see,
I’ve dwelled within
emotion.

You can’t twist my thoughts,
to change my view,
set in stone, not glass—
solid, not see-through.

I’m no actor—
I won’t perform
for your applause.
I won’t play my part,
won’t fall in line.
Won’t pledge allegiance,
show no hollow pride.
And you simply
cannot convince me,
to see no value
in a human life.

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Mar 8, 2026 6:32 AM

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Following the Thread – A Poem About Finding Your Way Back to Yourself

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Lately I’ve been writing a lot about threads – those quiet lines of connection that keep us tethered when our minds drift too far from ourselves.

This poem grew out of that same idea. Sometimes the way back isn’t a sudden realization or a dramatic turning point. Sometimes it’s just a familiar voice, a face appearing in the fog, a thread you didn’t realize you were holding onto until you followed it home.

— Rowan Evans

Sometimes the way back begins with a single thread.

Following the Thread
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I was gone
for a long time.
Not in body,
but in my mind—
I was wandering,
unsure of what
I thought I’d find.

I was walking
with eyes closed,
balancing tightropes,
and I had high hopes—
that things would work out
in the end.
But I was dreaming.

The only thing
that opened my eyes,
your face
catching me by surprise.
Your voice
cutting through silence,
a common thread
guiding me through the fog.

Night after night,
dream after dream—
the same thread
leading me
through mental scenes.
And somehow,
by following you,
I found my way
back to me.

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Mar 7, 2026 12:05 AM

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Litany of the Unseen – A Poem About Devotion, Patience, and Unspoken Love

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

This piece was originally written on May 16th, 2025 and revised on March 5th, 2026.

When I first wrote it, I was trying to put language to a very specific feeling: the quiet intensity of caring for someone without the expectation of possession. Not infatuation, not conquest – something slower, more patient. Something willing to wait.

When I revisited this poem nearly a year later, I realized the core of it hadn’t changed. What needed revision wasn’t the emotion, but the clarity of the language carrying it. So the edits focused on sharpening the rhythm and giving the poem room to breathe.

At its heart, this piece is about devotion without pressure. About choosing someone’s mind, their spirit, their survival – long before anything physical ever enters the conversation.

Some connections are loud.

Others are learned slowly, like scripture – line by line, in candlelight.

— Rowan Evans

Some connections are learned slowly—like scripture read by candlelight.

Litany of the Unseen
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I write you from the ache—
that quiet hunger
that doesn’t scream,
only simmers
beneath my ribs
when I think of the way
your silence
feels like scripture.

We’ve never touched.
But gods,
how I’ve memorized
the shape of your mind
like fingers tracing verses
down a sinner’s spine.

You are flame
wrapped in frost,
and I?
I’ve learned to burn
patiently—
in half-light,
between the lines
we won’t say out loud.
Not yet.

I don’t flinch when you flinch.
Don’t run
when your walls rise like cathedrals.
I kneel there,
devout to the altar of your guardedness,
lighting candles from the sparks
you try to hide.

You are my kind of wicked—
a temptation carved
in shadow and starlight.
I’d follow your lead gladly,
no leash needed.
You won’t have to tell me to kneel—
I’m already on my knees,
in prayer to your divinity.

I know the things you’ve survived
don’t leave quietly.
I’ve kissed ghosts before,
I’ve held hands with trauma—
I won’t ask you to exorcise yours.

I only want to be
the breath
between your battlegrounds,
a peace
that doesn’t demand surrender.
A vow made not in rings,
but in the way I never leave
when the light dies.

You could dig your doubts
into the marrow of my faith,
and still
I’d come bearing roses
with thorns pressed
to my own skin.

Tell me to wait.
I’ll grow roots.

Tell me you’re not ready.
I’ll build time in your image.

Your heart doesn’t scare me.
Not its lock,
not its labyrinth.
I will read your scars
like secret psalms,
and worship
every wound
that taught you
to be wary of softness.

You are a slow scripture—
and I am learning your verses
by candlelight,
with tongue and tear,
with patience
dressed in velvet.

I am not here for conquest.
I am here for communion.

So when you are ready—
if you are ready—
I’ll still be here.
A sanctuary of unbroken promises,
with fire in my hands
and no expectations on my lips.

Just the unspoken truth:
You are already holy to me,
even unseen.
Even untouched.

And I would choose your mind
a thousand times
before your body ever asked.

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Mar 6, 2026 12:16 AM

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Nonbinary Identity Poem | Wearing My Name by Rowan Evans

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

People often decide who you are before you have the chance to speak. They carve a version of you that makes them comfortable, then hold it up like a mirror and expect you to recognize your own face.

This poem is about rejecting that reflection and reclaiming the right to define myself.

— Rowan Evans

Sometimes the reflection others give you isn’t really yours. This poem is about reclaiming the right to define yourself.

Wearing My Name
Poetry by Rowan Evans

They say I’m just like them,
but I’m not like them—
swear I’m nothing like them.
They say I protest too much,
a double-edged sword, I guess.
Can’t stand up, can’t sit down—
can’t speak up, can’t make a sound.

They carve a version of me
that fits their comfort,
then hand it back
like a mirror.
But it’s not my face—
just their fear
wearing my name.

They say I’m just like men,
but I’m not like them.
So I distance myself
from who I used to be.
Now I’ll tell you
how I see myself,
truthfully.

I’m not the man they imagine,
not the echo they expect.
I’m the version I built
after breaking the mold
they tried to fit me in.

I’m not a man,
not a woman,
something in between,
King nor Queen—
I’m still royalty.
Master of emotion,
deity of poetry.
A precious soul
trying to keep hold
of my humanity.

Adorable, yeah—I’m cute,
and I know you know it too.
It’s okay.
You don’t have to say
a thing.

Of course you’re looking.
Why wouldn’t you?

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Mar 5, 2026 12:05 AM

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Off-Center, Still Tethered – A Poem About Mental Disconnection and Finding Your Way Back

Rowan Evans

Author’s Note

Sometimes the mind shifts slightly out of alignment. Not enough to call it depression or anxiety – just enough to feel off-center.

This piece came from trying to describe that strange mental state where nothing is obviously wrong, yet everything feels a little disconnected. In moments like that, even a single steady thread can be enough to help you find your way back.

— Rowan Evans

Sometimes you’re not lost—just slightly off-center, following the thread that leads you back.

Off-Center, Still Tethered
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I don’t feel like myself lately.
Like something is a little off, maybe.
Something in my mental health slipped,
it’s not depression or anxiety—
it’s something else entirely.

I’m not sad—just disconnected,
severed threads rest on the ground
around me as I sit in my mind—
mentally exhausted. Body on autopilot.
It’s like the floor shifted slightly,
half an inch to the left
when I wasn’t looking.
Now every step feels right,
but not quite—
like something’s missing.

I’ve always found
that my mind
and the world
didn’t align.
So I’ve always been
a little off center.
But this is more than that,
it’s like a panic attack
without the panic,
not to be dramatic.

It’s like depression,
without the sadness.
Just heavy weight,
overwhelm and
lack of motivation
in social situations.

That piles on,
now I’m overwhelmed
and feeling guilty.
So I disappear into myself,
but there’s one thread left
tethered to the outside—
the one constant in my thoughts.

It’s the same thread
that it’s always been,
for the last year now.
The same thoughts,
that have kept me grounded—
even when my head was in the clouds.
So it is that thread,
I will follow
to find my way out.

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

Mar 4, 2026 12:05 AM

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