Tag: Joe Nichols

The Comments – 9th November 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 3 Comments

Life is just a black and white film
or a sentient brew of herbal tea
a tin foil hat to beat the algorithm
“a catchphrase a day keeps the doctor away”
Kumbaya!

Kombucha brewing in the moonlight
bulletproof smoothies and a bicep challenge
only my cult has the real story videos
literary snobs feel best when insulted
Dostoevsky’s back in again!

Changing personalities, vulnerable conversations
waiting for tomorrow’s anthem hustle
a muffin that will bring you inner peace
all the joys of the world make us docile
the abyss is looking back again!

Absolutely ripped off and mangled from this fantastic post by Joe Nichols at Sacred Mischief

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

All Is Fluid

The universe is change
Life is opinion
All may rearrange
With your dominion

Heart This – 25th October 2026

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 2 Comments 
From a safe, soft couch with the television on,
  they blessed the wreckage with the sign of the cross;
Typed “thoughts and prayers”, hit post, job done,
  they smelled no smoke, yet claimed the loss.

No call, no knocking with casseroles in hand,
  just pixelated pity floating through their feeds;
Drowning in a sea they’ll never understand,
  while they toss empty hope out as glorious deeds.

Inspired by Joe Nichols Substack write ‘Thoughts and Prayers, You Pitiful Bastards‘ (maybe requires subscription)

Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

Two Tasks

Be a good person and do what you love
Everything else is just a waste
Time is short; find what to get rid of
Live well and live in grace