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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Poems exploring Society, Power & Modern Life

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Poems of intimacy, heartbreak, friendship and the quiet aftermath of connection.

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Poems exploring Identity, Self & Fragmentation

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Poems exploring Myth, History & Cultural Memory

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Poems exploring Technology, Mind & Digital Life

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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

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

Poetry Society & Power

13 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.

9 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 Society & Power

13 June 2026

Freemium Trap: The Premium Service You Thought Was Free

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

Painting of a Black man sitting on a bed holding a portrait of an elderly Jamaican woman.

11 June 2026

Your Beautiful Portrait Stares Back

O Bella Mother I stepped into the bedroom You lay exhausted on…

A masked man rides a white donkey through war-torn ruins, flanked by glowing apparitions. Drones fly above a devastated landscape of fires and smoke.

2 June 2026

The Poor Man on a White Donkey

The Poor Man on a White Donkey "Only the dead have seen…

A triple-braided root splitting toward a stormy slave ship and sunny Ethiopian obelisks, topped by a flaming river.

12 June 2026

The Hidden Root: Wax and Gold

Wax and Gold The Root They call it racism when my skin…

abstract image for sideways poem by skendong

28 April 2026

Sideways: Here is another odd looking Poem

Sideways IV These words discriminate Against those who despicably Murder innocent people.…

Starlet Em-Dash in silver and lime, adored by a crowd while a dejected Period and Comma look on.

11 June 2026

Awesome Em-Dash: Mind-Blowing Grammar Diva

Sonnet to an Em-Dash Oh Em-Dash, how I envy your fame -…

Abstract image of Adam, Eve land the serpent in the Garden of Eden.

11 June 2026

Theology: The Simple Truth of Genesis Now – He Ate It

Theology No, the serpent did not seduce anyone. It was slithering up…

the chinese zodiac

Myth, History & Cultural Memory Poetry

13 June 2026

Year of the (Fire) Horse 丙午

Year of the Fire Horse 丙午 Another day, and the beginning of…

Never IC3. Tropical Manchester scene: A shaven-headed man offers a red-wrapped chocolate bar to a stern policeman, as a woman leans in to kiss his cheek.

20 November 2025

Never IC3 but a Grateful and Amazing Brunette Brown

never ic3 “Shechorah שְׁחוֹרָה (dark, sun-blackened) am I, yet lovely...” — Song…

The Dog That Hasn’t Barked. A surreal cartoon image of a worried dog on a grassy lawn, surrounded by five shadowy, robed figures. A smaller inset panel shows a woman reviewing documents inside a prison cell.

28 March 2026

The Dog That Hasn’t Barked Exclusive

“The dog did nothing in the night-time,” said Gregory, the Scotland Yard…

A Duke and horse tumbling, “Epstein” emails drifting, guards with popcorn, a frown in the Queen-cloud, a Palace in the backdground.

20 February 2026

Grand Old Duke of York – Formerly Known As Prince

Grand Old Duke of York Oh the grand old Duke of York,…

A homeless man in an orange coat kneels in a brightly colored church before an altar, with five pieces of bread and a golden chalice placed on the floor, painted in a vibrant colours. Skendong Poetry.

19 February 2026

A Miracle at the Altar: A Homeless Man’s Quiet Gift

Miracle at the Altar An early, dreary Sabbath day, a homeless man,…