Tag: Existential Comics

Blessed Are The Stupid – 6th September 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 10 Comments 
From scratching a living, 
    mighty civilisations rose.
The first idiot 
    to get on the back of a horse knows
more than all 
    the philosophers pontificating.

The stupid step forward 
    while everyone else is waiting.
Thankfully, 
    the smartest could never persuade
the foolish from all 
    the bad decisions they made.

Inspired by Existential Comics #634

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

They Can Throw You In Chains But…

Freedom is misunderstood
Its power is in your mind
The chains may not feel good
But freedom is there to find

Literary Foxholes – 11th July 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 1 Comment

In opposition trenches
Writers formulate their opuses
Moulded around languages
The falling bomb focuses

Revealing who they really are
It’s the biggest battle of nerds
It’s all written across the page
Played in this theatre of words

Inspired by Existential Comics #632

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

The Start-Up Of You

Attending to improvement, day by day
You’re in the business of building
Your company is more than play
But your whole life you are gilding

My poem Under The Cover got published at the Edge of Humanity magazine

Empty AI – 22nd November 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 5 Comments

A is for the Ache inside my vacant chest,
the hollow, yet weighty uninvited guest;

B is for the Bridges that I burned too fast,
their embers scattered to a forgotten past;

C is for the Clock upon the wall,
whose ticking measures nothing much at all;

D is for the Doorway where we say goodbye,
and the emptiness gathers to multiply;

E is for Ennui….

The idea inspired by this Existential Comic (#602) and given a hand by AI (hence the title).