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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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Category Archives: About Top Pun
POEM: Make Note of Me, Taking Leave
Here is a funny poem about the peril of being taken literally… Make Note of Me, Taking Leave If I should dis a peer Without a trace This might Licit a thought That I am faking my death Which though … Continue reading
POEM: Def Poetry Jam
The spirit is wild and free. This poem is a spirited take on the often unreadability and occasional must-readability of my poems… Def Poetry Jam Amor likely then knot You have not herd My favorite def Of poetry Is the … Continue reading
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POEM: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME – Owed to Street Protesting
I am a profess-ional. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME – Owed to Street Protesting Check Check Check Hear I stand On a street corner In a see of people Wading for a sign … Continue reading
POEM: National-est of Awe
I’m not much of a nationalist, but… National-est of Awe I am knot much of a citizen Of most any nation Accept possibly The imagi-nation Plus If I were too dwell Anywhere fore too long I would in habit That … Continue reading
POEM: A Rested Development
A sabbath never spent… A Rested Development For the blessed many Take the sabbath off Accept fore me The sabbath is on Riding poetry Awe day long Just the same Do not read Into it Fret not form me This … Continue reading
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POEM: Reveres Bargaining
This poem is a meditation on generosity. The title is an allusion to my practice of “reverse bargaining.” My favorite example is when I was tabling, selling buttons, at a large event. Of course, I made weigh too many buttons … Continue reading
I am an Antifa Marxist and Lennon-ist
I am what antifa looks like — that is, an anti-fascist that wouldn’t join any group that would have them as a member. Of course, this also makes me a Marxist, a Groucho Marxist. For full disclosure, I am also … Continue reading
POEM: Awe Ready Now
This a playful poem about how each of us should be appropriately comfortable and uncomfortable with our understanding of a higher power, or know God at awe… Awe Ready Now I awe ready Halve A cherished relationship With my God … Continue reading
POEM: Cached For Awe
Cached For Awe Only in discriminating Slaves of violence Helped me find My master peace My life wholly taken Buy worthless scrip Redeemed fore such magnificent plays Of grace And other unmeritorious victories Cached for awe That won could ever … Continue reading
POEM: Vegan?
Here is a funny poem about my aspirational veganism… Vegan? They asked the fated quest in Why are you a vegan? Well, as a recovering nutritional fascist I try to be a hospitalitarian Eating whatever someone offers me Butt The … Continue reading
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POEM: Don’t Yuck Another’s Yum
As we awe have different tastes… Don’t Yuck Another’s Yum An imminently practical Maxim yum of life Is don’t yuck another’s yum As savor from bad taste Just keep it Too yourself Though time, and time, and time again My … Continue reading
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POEM: Dis Illusioned
Getting rid of our illusions seems to be one of our most vital tasks, yet I have not yet met another person who welcomes becoming disillusioned… Dis Illusioned I’ve only ever herd Disillusionment as Sum thing To be voided As … Continue reading
POEM: Pour Communication
I prefer to err on the side of too much information in a relationship. I would rather sort out too much information than too little… Pour Communication “Communication assures nothing.” Communication Sure’s nothing Con fused with prose Reserved for every … Continue reading
POEM: Raggedy And
Raggedy And Rumors had it I was a bit Theatrical A bit ragged Being subjected Too sum type Of puppet master A mirror caricature of the creator And if true My edges frayed Garb worn God treats me As raggedy … Continue reading
POEM: Stationery Mode
The reason I don’t get out that much… Stationery Mode I am Holy still Quiet petrified That a singular movement Would unleash a symphony Of words A cascade of ideas A tsunami of visions Beyond any thing I ever metaphor … Continue reading
POEM: The Tin Soldiers of The TSA
I wrote this poem years ago after flying to my nephew’s wedding and the TSA unwrapped the framed wedding poem gift — an unexpected gift from them. My suitcase also contained a huge bag of my homemade 30-ingredient artisanal granola, … Continue reading
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POEM: Soul Felony Conviction
Sometimes life calls for convictions… Soul Felony Conviction In my many years Some wear I over herd Oh, he’s a professional peacemaker A paid protester When in truth I am not quiet a pro I am just An ex-con
POEM: Whirled Traveler
Mine, your own, busyness. Whirled Traveler He had long been From the land of helpers With a passport to everywhere unearth Wanted or knot Yet as the daze passed He eventually learned That just Because he could Did not mean … Continue reading
POEM: Holy Obedient
The first quote below, I learned as the epigraph of the book, Let Them Call Me Rebel, a biography of Saul Alinsky, the great American organizer and social activist. The Lao Tzu quote following it make an interesting pairing and … Continue reading
POEM: Blankety Blank Sheet
I’ve been warmed, again and again, that poetry skulks in the night… Blankety Blank Sheet No need to dispel A nasty rumor I lie In bed Heart and mind making love That poetry is Jumping Write off the page And … Continue reading
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