Trigger Warning – 10th February 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen

Everyone upset all the time
as words get minced and mashed;
Another revision to refine
or run the risk of being trashed.

Every reader, now faint of heart,
words launched must be landed soft;
Dangers highlighted at the start,
a moral duty held aloft.

Let’s coddle the kids in cotton
though there’s never been less to fear;
Let the grandma’s not be forgotten,
it’s a wonder they ever made it here!

How can the word be defended?
Let loose it’s power, unrestrained;
Must we always be offended
and finding others to be blamed?

This is not a world of roses;
When there’s no words left to teach,
so the ideal one supposes
suddenly becomes out of reach.

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

Anger Is Bad Fuel

Around the angry fire, everyone is upset
Every bitter word is difficult to forget
But that habit is too great a burden to bear
Setting fire to yourself leads further to despair

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