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Top Pun's mission is to maximize prophets. Top Pun creates serious, funny, and seriously funny peace and justice designs which are available on your choice of products such as buttons, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. Top Pun blogs to highlight additional facets of his word artistry such as pun-filled poetry and funny political satire, free posters, as well as political actions of local and global importance -- and don't forget the noncommercial, public health radio show available online, Just for the Health of It . Top Pun's serious playfulness ever reminds us that justice is no yoke, and the pun is mightier than the sword!
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- POEM: The Wrest of the Story
- POEM: Life Timer
- POEM: Dream Remains
- POEM: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugh-ly
- POEM: What Does The Security State?
- POEM: Edge Worthy
- POEM: Don’t Look Up, Sunny
- POEM: Yo Yo, Down With the Stock Market
- POEM: It Rains On
- POEM: A Crumb-y Life
- POEM: Knot a Frayed
- POEM: Poetry Offensive
- POEM: The End of the Line
- POEM: Republic Canned
- POEM: Doctor Doo Little’s Pushme-Pullyou
- POEM: The Braking of the Whirled
- POEM: Tyrant Spring
- POEM: Free Judgment Zone Out
- POEM: Achilles’ Heel
- POEM: The Ugly American
- POEM: Bully Silence
- POEM: God’s Will?
- POEM: Razing Up the Unbelievable
- POEM: So So Long
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Category Archives: About Top Pun
POEM: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugh-ly
Welcome to the free verse. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugh-ly The good news My poetry can’t be bought And I can’t be sold out More sow it’s awe free And presently The bad news It’s worth every penny … Continue reading
POEM: Edge Worthy
I like the saying, “If you aren’t living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.” Edge Worthy I found myself Living on the edge Anew view Bounded soully By spaciousness The giving And taking Up Space Optimized
POEM: Knot a Frayed
If I look a little raggedy at times, it’s awe part of a larger plan. Things don’t always look like they seam, a little deeper. Knot a Frayed I over herd Sum won state You peer a little seed-y Yet … Continue reading
POEM: Poetry Offensive
Having words, even as wee stand in awe, of what may be, unspoken… Poetry Offensive I started a poetry offensive To tear down de-fence That divide of a tension Between read and blue states The rise of pauper papers And … Continue reading
POEM: Writing as a Righting Instrument
“Ride on”, says Top Pun, even as hoarse. Writing as a Righting Instrument There are rights There are wrongs There is right and wrong There are rights wronged There are wrongs righted Write de-ployed rightly Is a righting instrument Illustrated … Continue reading
POEM: What Makes?
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman I see that which is truly productive as rooted in … Continue reading
POEM: Bent Knee Walking
I see conflict as an unavoidable aspect of life. Even with my best intentions I end up harming others in various ways. Certainly, I can greatly limit this through effort and attention on my part. Still, there is a chasm … Continue reading
POEM: Recounting Presents
In composing my poetry, I find a generous portion of “stream of consciousness” writing as popularized by Jack Kerouac. This form of writing leans into the unfolding of the real-time flow of consciousness as a style versus a heavily edited … Continue reading
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POEM: A Penthouse Look Out
I have long sought to live a life close to the ground. I am mystified why so many ambitions take so many way over their head, and this is typically called success, or at least successful ambition. My advice: if … Continue reading
POEM: On Call
It’s not unusual for me to write poems in the middle of the night or very early in the morning, and then go back to bed. Plus, I have never been a morning person. So, when I roll out of … Continue reading
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POEM: Captivated by Awe Kinds of Gracious Arts
I am gratefully ungovernable. I am sorry if I don’t have any bargaining chips; I am playing a different game, a beautiful game. Captivated by Awe Kinds of Gracious Arts He was not a man of means He was captivated … Continue reading
POEM: Where Do I Find Myself?
Where Do I Find Myself? Wear due I fine My self A good heart he laugh Laughter is good medicine, good for heart and soul. I find the light-heartedness of humor the touchstone of my soul. Years ago, I took … Continue reading
POEM: Razing Money
As we formally move into the oligarchic era, my lifetime project of valuing humanity over money continues… Razing Money My whole life Has been Trying To raze money For humanity
The mountaintop, in portions made human
On this MLK Day, I am reminded of his “mountaintop” speech delivered the night before he was assassinated. I used this “mountaintop” reference in my poem, BUCKET BRIGADE – Owed to Karen Krause, written for a friend who died in … Continue reading
POEMS: Times Cherished
Whatever your life is, may it be times cherished, that is, X cherished, multiplying awe that is good. Times Cherished Once in a wile, I talk the talk Every sow often, I walk the walk Not with standing The times … Continue reading
POEM: Mystic Ink 2.0 (to point: oh!)
As I have moved into retirement, I noticed on my facebook profile that my “employment” was outmoded. So, I have created a new busyness: Mystic Ink 2.0 (to point: oh!). As a little background, in 2011, I decided to write … Continue reading
POEM: Courting Civil Disobedience
One of the things that I would like to do in this new year is organize my life in such as way that I can commit civil disobedience and risk jail time while minimizing the destructive effect on other parts … Continue reading
POEM: Empty Page
The best criteria that I have come across for keeping a poem is whether it improves upon silence. Here is a poem on that theme. Feel free to read it silently… Empty Page The messenger delivered I am Caught short … Continue reading
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POEM: An Other – Language
Some have noted that you need to speak a different language to understand my poetry. Here is a poem on that theme: An Other: Language He tolled it Like it is With respect to my write mined You knead to … Continue reading
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POEM: I’d Give My Write Arm for the Sound of You
I wrote this poem for the Toledo Museum of Art poetry contest this year. I didn’t win, so my status as an amateur poet is intact. This poem is a love poem beyond the grave, mourning a lost lover. This … Continue reading
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