Skendong Poetry • Metamorphosing Clunky Narratives

Welcome to Skendong Poetry where our unconventional storytelling spills into metamorphosing clunky narratives .

An assault on reigning rhetorical excesses, our commentary delves into the moralizing and the clunky .

Skendong Poetry navigates chaos, where the unpredictable effects of remote, forgotten causes burst forth into vibrant space.

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Society, Power & Modern Life

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Love, Loss & Relationship

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Identity, Self & Fragmentation

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Myth, History & Cultural Memory

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Technology, Mind & Digital Life

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Sacred Thought & Moral Reflection

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”"The success of Skendong's narrative method is how the clunky difficulty of the verse is balanced by a sparky, jump-cut delivery."
Jeffrey Wainwright

Minimalist illustration generated for Skendong Poetry of a yellow concrete barrier under a dark eclipse and stormy violet sky.

Myth, History & Cultural Memory Poetry

18 July 2026

Laid Bare XV: Ancient Prophesy, Epic Conflict & Destiny

Laid Bare XV O dejected people of Gaza, Like a Rastafarian Samson…

Image generated for Skendong Poetry of a solitary figure sitting beside a Manchester canal at dusk, holding a Helles lager, looking towards the lights of a modern Ancoats wine bar.

Poetry Society & Power

17 July 2026

Erst: A Poem of Gentrification and New Ancoats

Erst: Between Old and New Ancoats I have an instinct England's World…

AI-generated illustration for Skendong Poetry depicting a lone figure walking through sunlit Ancoats beneath subtle streams of digital code.

Poetry Technology, Mind & Digital Life

14 July 2026

The Cobbles Know Better: Digital Life Poem

The Cobbles Know Better I trudge over Ancoats cobbled stones, twenty-eight degrees…

Image created for Skendong Poetry of a black hooded male drinking Estrella with a notebook and pen on the table at Can Petit, Ancoats, Manchester

Poetry Society & Power

9 July 2026

Thinking at Can Petit, New Islington

At Can Petit From Finders Keepers I straddle through New Islington to…

A colorful image generated for Skendong Poetry of a man with many cigarettes in his mouth in front of a yellow corner shop.

Poetry Society & Power

8 July 2026

Cornershop 5: A Gritty Slice of Ancoats Street Life

Cornershop 5 I've run out of Heineken this warm summer evening, so…

A male Liberty. Statue of Liberty Poem art by Skendong

Myth, History & Cultural Memory Poetry

7 July 2026

The Candid Verse at Bartholdi’s Wharf

Bartholdi’s Wharf They call it Libertas, a copper crown, A gift of…

A surreal image created for Skendong Poetry of bald Black man with cosmic, star-filled skin stands by Bridge 87 on the Rochdale Canal, gazing at giant iridescent demoiselles hovering over stylized lily pads.

Love, Loss & Relationship Poetry

4 July 2026

Poem at Bridge 87: Love, Nature, and Letting Go

At Bridge 87 Alone at Bridge 87, and the sun beams down…

New Islington Marina, Manchester, viewed from inside Finders Keepers bar. A Black man's hands type on a phone beside a pint of beer, while outside, diverse passersby and a family of Canada geese gather along the canal.

Poetry Self & Psychological Fragmentation

28 June 2026

Inside Finders Keepers, New Islington Marina

Inside Finders Keepers The beauty of the pen—I dunno. Feeling sentimental again.…

A lone figure in a tan tunic prostrate in prayer, face obscured in a modern desert landscape.

Poetry Technology, Mind & Digital Life

25 June 2026

AI, Faith and Apocalypse: Prayer to the Rebbe

Prayer to the Rebbe Oh Rebbe, I pray to you in the…

Three friends with man kissing pug at Cask. Woman with tattoos and a black male on his own drinking beer. Factory background.

Poetry Self & Psychological Fragmentation

25 June 2026

Under a Searing Sun at Cask, New Islington Marina

Under the Sun at Cask "New Islington formerly known as Ancoats." 29…

Close-up of a shocked young bald man with glasses, held tightly around the neck from behind by a muscular arm.

Poetry Self & Psychological Fragmentation

24 June 2026

Inside The Real World Manosphere

The Real World Manosphere I am sauntering down Rochdale Canal in twenty-eight…

Wet "MAGA" cap washed ashore on a busy beach.

Poetry Society & Power

29 June 2026

A Fourth Reich Now, but the Public Do Not See It

Fourth Reich He pressed the post. The Reich lurches awake. The blood…

A futuristic rendering of the "Sideways" artwork featuring sleek textures and neon digital elements.

Poetry Self & Psychological Fragmentation

28 June 2026

Sideways V: The Voiceless Bleed into Lights

Sideways V truth is thrown on what we learnt, daring to traverse…

Painting of three faces with text: a happy yellow face (FREE TRIAL), an expressionless grey face (SUBSCRIBE), and a shocked blue face (PAY ME) on a vibrant, patterned background.

Poetry Technology, Mind & Digital Life

4 July 2026

Freemium Trap: The Premium Service You Thought Was Free

Freemium They drop a free service. I fall, and build my life…