The Library of Ashes
Here, every poem is a smoldering page — whispered confessions, soft ruins, and sacred rage. Wander newest to oldest.
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The Hopeless Romantic Wears Armor | Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism Poetry by Rowan Evans
A lyrical exploration of love’s raw endurance—where softness meets strength, and heartbreak blossoms into hope. The Hopeless Romantic Wears Armor is a bold declaration of choosing presence over perfection, even when love hurts.
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Splinter Gospel – A Poem of Fracture & Unrepentant Softness
This is not a plea to be saved, but a gospel built from brokenness. A confessional hymn for the tender-hearted who stay, splinter, and still remain.
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Cry to the Quiet: Sacred Desperation — A Neo-Gothic Confessional Poem
A confessional poem of raw longing, shadowed faith, and sacred desperation—when prayers echo back unanswered, yet hope still flickers in the dark.
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Reliquary of Broken Sons – A Vignette of the Broken Saint & Clown Prince | Neo-Gothic Fanfic
In Crime Alley, two brothers meet again where ruin crowned them: Bruce, the Broken Saint; and Tommy, the Clown Prince. A vignette of pearls, marrow-deep grief, and unholy confession.
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The Vigil of the Poisoned Rose | Neo-Gothic Confessional
A confessional vigil of Poison Ivy: thorns entwined with mercy, venom whispered as prayer, and ruin named sacred. Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism.
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Luminescence & Shadow: A Forbidden Litany — A Neo-Gothic Confessional Narrative Poem
A narrative in verse exploring a forbidden love between an angel and a demon—told in the raw, devotional voice of Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism. Light and shadow entwine, confess, and create something holier than redemption: witness.
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The Bite & Eternal Thirst: Dark Love, Shadowed Offering & Crimson Hunger
A double feature exploring shadowed consent and crimson hunger: one poem from the trembling prey who longs for the bite, and one from the predator whose thirst becomes a dark vow.
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A-Woman (Confession at the Altar of Her) – Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism Poetry by Rowan Evans
Written from the hush of heartbreak into an intimate devotion, A-Woman (Confession at the Altar of Her) is a raw, lyrical prayer of longing, faith, and rebellion in Rowan Evans’ unique style: Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism.
Poetry by Rowan Evans 