Wednesday, 29 February 2012

The sonnets of the Phantom Antagonist

Back in 2005, the mysterious Phantom Antagonist sent a number of sonnets from a longer sonnet sequence (untitled) to the online literary magazine, the 'Dead Letter Office'. That publication is now sadly defunct, but the three sonnets which were sent to the magazine (two of which were published, one suppressed owing to the strength of language used) are now republished here, with the permission of the author. He has only ever disclosed his true identity once, and I cannot say whether he wishes to do so again; it's up to him. Anyway, here are the poems, love sonnets for the 21st century (originally written in late 2001).