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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Ashes of the Prodigal Daughter – A Neo-Gothic Confessional Manifesto
“I return not as a sinner, but as scripture.” A fierce, unapologetic poem of sacred rebellion, rage, and resurrection from the ashes of expectation.
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✨ My Only Muse: A Journey from Ideal to Intimate | Poetry by Rowan Evans
Two poems written nearly a year apart reveal how my muse transformed from an imagined ideal into a living storm. Read “My Only Muse” & “My Only Muse (You Know Who You Are).”
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The Gospel of Softness III: Thirteen Psalms for the Tender-Hearted | Poetry by Rowan Evans
A neo-gothic confessional collection of thirteen psalms honoring the tender-hearted, the misnamed, and the quietly holy. Written by poet Rowan Evans, this is softness as sacred resistance.
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Waking Up Six Thousand Miles from Home
Take me to the islands, where my heart resides— They say it beats inside my chest still, but it just sits inside my chest—still.
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The Gospel of Softness II: The Fire That Softened Me
A modern gothic benediction for those told to harden. A poetic sermon for soft boys, fierce femmes, queer mystics, tender warriors, and anyone whose softness survived the flames. Part II of Rowan Evans’ “Gospel of Softness” series.
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Flirting with Oblivion: Naming the Shadows, Not Drinking the Poison
A raw, confessional poem by Rowan Evans exploring the sacred act of survival in the face of suicidal ideation, grief, and emotional exhaustion. A soft, powerful testament to the ones who feel too much and still remain.
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The Gospel of Softness I: Modern Gothic Poetry for Women of All Kinds
A powerful piece of feminist poetry blending cis and trans sisterhood in a voice of Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism.
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The Scourge They Named in Whispered Psalms – A Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism Manfiesto
This isn’t just a poem. It’s the ache of being seen too little—or too much. Of being told you’re ‘too much’ when you’re just trying to exist honestly. The Scourge They Named in Whispered Psalms is a manifesto from the margins – a declaration of identity, resilience, and sisterhood in the face of erasure. It…
Poetry by Rowan Evans 