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POEM: Underemployed

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Top Pun

If you find me loitering around my sweetheart, be mindful that I am working… Underemployed And you are who? Oh, I am just Here to kiss her Now and again Threw out our daze Sow that She knows She is … Continue reading →

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POEM: From God Slips To My Years

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Top Pun

Here is yet another poem about the experience of writing poems, or transcribing them from a muse. From God Slips To My Years In what manor May we discuss the whether A poet or a stenographer In plaque-able quest in … Continue reading →

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POEM: Poetry Bombs in the Hows

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Top Pun

The muse is the bomb, dropping poetry bombs, as she wishes. Poetry Bombs in the Hows My crib is in The neighborhood of a muse Reigning over me Poetry bombs In a hood next to no wear A boarder Across … Continue reading →

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POEM: Trump Blows (into town)

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Top Pun

I’m posting this poem in honor of the upcoming Republican primaries. I actually wrote this poem years ago when Trump came to Toledo for a campaign stop. My experience there adds a layer to this poem. The attendees of the … Continue reading →

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POEM: Opportunity Accost [Number Two]

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Top Pun

I am an idealist. I see huge swathes of unfulfilled potential. I am confronted with an endless stream of possibilities — how beautiful. I recognize that most of the everyday whirled is ensconced in navigating probabilities — how practical. Still, … Continue reading →

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POEM: High Level of Confidants

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Top Pun

A poem about an angelic visitation, in honor of Christmas day — comfortably unbelievable. High Level of Confidants I am an angel In disguise Fortunately, I can tell this to you In complete safety Since you will not believe me … Continue reading →

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POEM: God Thirst

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Top Pun

This is a poet’s poem about the ineffable muse and singing her prays. God Thirst He was drunk In poetry An outspoken unspoken word artist And still Imbibe Hymn As well

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POEM: Moved to Adjourn

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Top Pun

I rarely go to meetings anymore, and when I do, the purpose it usually serves is to remind me why I don’t go to meetings. This poem adds another layer that gets at my lifestyle of being deinstitutionalized; that is, … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Queer World

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about the queer reality that if there were not homophobia, I would not have been born, as my Dad is gay. Only the rejection of his sexual orientation and the societal “need” to enter a “heterosexual” marriage … Continue reading →

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POEM: Holy Enough

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Top Pun

This a poem about not being perfect but being perfectly enough. Holy Enough It is hard to brake illusions Yet I smashed this one with ease The illusion of me being holy Evident to awe around me And especially sow … Continue reading →

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POEM: Take a Collective Breath

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a rare combination of my life as a poet and a public health worker. This poem juxtaposes the personal option of some to choose organic food but the collective difficulty of choosing clean air. Some times we … Continue reading →

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POEM: It’s Time

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Top Pun

This short poem is a particular melding of my love of poetry and work for social justice. It’s Time There is a time for awe things And awe things knot There is a time for writing poetry And for righting … Continue reading →

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POEM: True Story

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Top Pun

Perhaps the best Dad joke ever told. True Story Won time In Bible study We were discussing the whether A human can see the face of God And live The reverend said know Buuuuttt Being made In His image According … Continue reading →

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POEM: As Opposed to De-liver

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem goes out to all the women who made this world a better place. As a man in a man’s world, I can only say, I would be nothing without you. As Opposed to De-liver Thank you feminists For … Continue reading →

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POEM: Semi-Quiet Neighborhood — Ode to I-75

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Top Pun

I often wake up to the sound of traffic on I-75 about a half mile from my house. I yearn for quiet in my life. I mourn the impossibility of true quiet in the city. I also no that addiction … Continue reading →

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POEM: Judgment Call

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Top Pun

I recently heard someone describe the Buddhist concept of enlightenment as “lightening up.” I have long been a fan of the Buddhist practice of “nonseriousness.” This has helped me in my perpetual vacillation between being the most serious person in … Continue reading →

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As ma Taut Me: Owed to Presence Scent

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Top Pun

This Fall I strolled down to the Toledo Museum of Art with pen and composition book anticipating that I would find some inspiration for a poem. How true this turned out to be! As inspiration goes, it is often not … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Dumbest Thing I Ever Metaphor

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a tribute to the dumbfounding reality that speaking about God is extremely dangerous, almost as dangerous as not speaking about God. I am perpetually drawn to contemplating ultimate concerns, which naturally outline one’s respective, or irrespective, views … Continue reading →

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POEM: Unentitled Number Two

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem peered early this morning. The muse strikes again! This poem is a poet’s poem, and a tip of the hat to one of my favorite poets, Rumi. Who is that says you can’t feel the sublime standing in … Continue reading →

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POEM: Believe Ability

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Top Pun

As you may know, I am a convicted felon, for refusing to register for the military draft, way back in the 1980’s when draft registration was reinstituted. I found such a mandate offensive to my conscience and world peace. I … Continue reading →

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