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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🩸 Liturgies of Ruin & Flight | Neo-Gothic Confessional Poems by Rowan Evans
Two confessional neo-gothic poems exploring faith, decay, and the ache of almost-leaping. For those who find softness in shadow. By Rowan Evans.
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The Vigil of the First Son | Neo-Gothic Confessional Prose by Rowan Evans
A haunting prose exploration of legacy and rebellion—where shadow and light collide in a city cracked by sorrow and hope. A sentinel rises, embracing the fierce holiness of becoming.
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The Vigil of the Twisted Harlequin | Neo-Gothic Prose on Rebellion
Once the jester at the Clown Prince’s carrion throne, Harley Quinn now keeps vigil in a cathedral of betrayal and bruised devotion. This dark prose piece is a marrow-deep confession of ruin reclaimed, laughter reborn, and love untwisted from its leash. A psalm of rebellion, scarred and sovereign.
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The Vigil of the Clown Prince | Dark Gotham Prose by Rowan Evans
A haunting prose piece diving into the madness and devotion of Gotham’s infamous Clown Prince. Dark, lyrical, and steeped in chaos—by Rowan Evans.
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The Vigil of the Broken Saint | Neo-Gothic Prose of Devotion, Grief & Vengeance
A confessional prose piece exploring grief, devotion, and vengeance through the eyes of Gotham’s orphaned ghost. Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism by Rowan Evans.
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Hex & Flame: Mirror of Shadows — A New Confessional Offering
“Hex & Flame: Mirror of Shadows” — a neo-gothic confessional poem by Rowan Evans, exploring the sacred devotion and mirrored darkness between poet and muse. Read more on poetrybyrowanevans.com.
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Haunted Cathedral – Neo-Gothic Prose by Rowan Evans | Sacred Ruin & Enduring Devotion
“Haunted Cathedral” is a prose meditation on grief, ruin, and stubborn devotion — a walk through the sacred wreckage we carry within, where even broken altars remember how to hold longing.
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🌹 Shadow of Roses — A Neo-Gothic Confessional Poem
A raw confession turned poetry: shadows, thorns, and the loneliness of being “a one of one.” Darkly honest verse by Rowan Evans.