The Better Man – 4th June 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen

Something old

Something new

Something borrowed

Something blue

A sixpence in her shoe

Our friendship before the loan

Your silence after

My twenty dollars

The colour of your absence

Was worth it

Shared with dVerse Poetics. The ‘something borrowed’ line reminded me of the thought, ‘If you lend someone twenty dollars and never see them again, then it was probably worth it.’ I’ve tried to ‘marry’ the two ideas together here.

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

This Is What We’re Here For

No one said life was easy – it’s true
No one said that it would be fair
It’s been done before – you can do it too
It’s tradition, and you’re the heir

20 thoughts on “The Better Man – 4th June 2026”

  1. The better man indeed. So many of those old saying are the fruit of hard-won wisdom. Cleverly succinct, Shaun, your marriage of proverb and rhyme! I enjoyed it. 🙂

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  7. I have lost count of books that I have lent and never got back, I suppose it s good that whatever meaning you wanted to impart by the lending, struck home – but the old proverb “Neither a borrower nor a lender be…” comes to mind!

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