Sad Poems About Modern Life • Skendong Poetry

A triumphant bear plays chess against a frustrated blonde bull on a table in a snowy steppe landscape under a cloudy sky.

22 October 2025

Takoy Bardak: A Feast of Folly on the World Stage

Takoy Bardak a spy whispers low the king scorns his own sages…

An open pink and lilac umbrella in a sunlit alley, surrounded by scattered cosmetics, papers, and a purple thong.

13 October 2025

New Poem: The Pink and Lilac Umbrella

Pink and Lilac Umbrella so much depended upon a pink and lilac…

A desolate landscape with silhouettes of people walking through the ruins.

4 October 2025

UN Now Confirms Genocide in Gaza: A Poetic Reckoning

Gaza's Genocide There’s a genocide declared going on under the sun. The…

painting of a Black man eating steak and chips in a bombed city.

4 October 2025

Steak and Survival: A Reflection on Comfort and Conflict

steak and conflict never in my life would i thought me running…

Painting of a disheveled Black man sleeping on a blanket outside a modern glass skyscraper

3 October 2025

A Devastating World: Housing Struggles in the City

in the city this city is a stage - just one show…

From the view of a window with a cup of coffee on the table, a yellow tram is on its way past a fir tree, as a dishevelled man walks past. Skendong Poetry.

3 November 2025

Morning Rituals in a Broken World: A Stark Poem

Broken World It’s a good day. I woke up early. Sat at…

Haunting image of starving people lined up outside an distribution aid centre while a lady sits down pounding leaves into flour

4 October 2025

Gaza Sonnet: Starving, Staggering from Life to Death

Gaza Sonnet Unarmed, unfed, unprotected, they tread, For food parcels dealt by…

A startled, elderly woman sat down in a chair clutching her handbag

3 November 2025

End of Life Bill vs Government Silence on Genocide

End of Life parliamentarians squirm debating on how to assist the ill…

a young black male about to write a name in the golden sand by the sea

3 November 2025

Writing Love in Sand, Let the Sea Carry It Away

Love in Sand We all miss you lots. Even if we drew…

A David Hockney-style image depicts a solitary Black man seated by a blue pool, his arms folded in a thinking pose. The sparse setting and vibrant colors evoke a sense of longing and introspection, reflecting the poem's themes of absence, presence, and enduring love.

3 November 2025

Missing You: A Poem About Love and Eternal Bonds

Missing You I don't miss your absence, but your presence. Now I'm…

a black male with pen and notebook and an angel on his back, facing the Death

3 November 2025

Ode to Death: Life, Faith, and Earthbound Ends

Ode to Death This Easter Monday Pope Francis died. They say he…

A teenage girl stands waist-deep in still water, engrossed in her phone. The screen glows dimly, indicating low battery. She looks distracted - Skendong Poetry

7 October 2025

Not Texting but Drowning: A Poem for Generation Z

Not Texting but Drowning Nobody heard her, the young teen, She stood…

Summary by poety Jeffrey Wainwright on the work of Skendong

10 November 2025

Embracing Hope: Reflections on Time, Sorrow, and Better Days

thinking about yesterday...

white background with brown color in vertical format

2 November 2025

The Day is Coming: Revelation 3:18

the day is coming, when it will rain gold refined by that…