Not My Beach – 29th January 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen

Pixels, faith, dust

Beaches I will never swim,
blue and bright;
Mock me with your gourmet food
under the moonlight.

You thrust a quiet knife in
with each sunset post;
As I eat my thinning stew
with old dry toast.

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Shared with dVerse Quadrille #240 – trip. I didn’t use the word ‘trip’ in this, but ‘sunset’ could be easily replaced with ‘trip’s’. I prefer it this way, though. This poem is a reference to complaints about people posting their holiday photos online without regard for how that might affect others. I personally don’t know how I feel about this either way but that could be because I have been in a position to be able to experience beautiful beaches and gourmet food.

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

Keep It Simple

Everything can be as simple as said
This problem may be your last
The complexities are all in your head
How soon it has all passed

One thought on “Not My Beach – 29th January 2026”

  1. It helps that I am not on any social media so no photo can ever “thrust a quiet knife in
    with each sunset post;
    As I eat my thinning stew
    with old dry toast.”

    I like the other perspective that you have highlighted, Shaun..

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