About Top Pun’s Blog
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 Purpose of Life
- POEM: Empty Page
- POEM: An Other – Language
- POEM: Suicidal?
- POEM: Author Author
- POEM: Clenched
- POEM: A Veritable Zoo
- POEM: That Infinite See Waving
- POEM: Realty Pushing Back
- POEM: Trafficking
- POEM: Poetry
- POEM: Normal Eyes
- POEM: Efficient Love
- POEM: To Arms
- POEM: The Problem with Violence
- POEM: In Sighting a Right
- POEM: I’d Give My Write Arm for the Sound of You
- POEM: Awe is Not Lost
- POEM: Unentitle Fight
- POEM: I a Door
- POEM: Arose
- POEM: Fallen Reign
- POEM: The Future, The Passed
- POEM: Your Fired
- POEM: I’ll Have a Side of History
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Category Archives: About Top Pun
POEM: Dyslexic Write Wringer
Dyslexic Write Wringer In a whack and blight world Any dyslexic can tell you A right winger Is a white ringer Only as an adult did I realize that I am mildly dyslexic. I have to intentionally work every time … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Dyslexia, Equality, Experience, Funny, Gift, Hate, Humor, Learning, Love, Meaning, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Privilege, Racism, Relationships, Responsibility, Time, White Supremacy, Work
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INAUGURAL Public Health Radio Show on WAKT, 106.1 FM Toledo — Just For The Health of It: Medicare For All and Toledo Democracy Day
After years in the waiting and making, I am proud to announce the inaugural show of my public health radio show, Just for the Health of It, on WAKT, 106.1 FM Toledo (ToledoRadio.org). Just for the Health of It brings you new … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Absurdity, Addiction, America, Blessed, Business, Capitalism, Cautionary Tale, Citizens, Commercial, Community, Competition, Control, Corporate Personhood, Crises, Death, Democracy, Disease, Disillusionment, Economy, Efficiency, Elections, Fear, Free Speech, government, Greed, Health Care, Health Insurance, Heart, History, Hope, Human Rights, Humility, Inequality, Injustice, Job, Just for the Health of It, Justice, Kids, Law, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Market, Meaning, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare for All, Mental Health, Mercy, Military, Modern, Money, Moral, Move to Amend, National, Nature, Normal, Perspective, Political, Poor, Present, President, Prevention, ProMedica, Public Health, Reality, Risk, Science, Security, Sleep, Social Justice, Social Security, Socialism, State, Stewardship, taxes, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Voters, WAKT, Wealth, Work
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Customer Service POEM: On Hold
Holed for service A fool 40 minutes Before it curse to me Awe this while Writing a verse And now Awe is write with the whirled And still Feeling somewhat loopy With Muzak As the soundtrack of my life A … Continue reading
Testimony for National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service — END DRAFT REGISTRATION
I prepared the below testimony to present at a public meeting in Chicago before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, a commission created by Congress to deal with questions of draft registration, most specifically, whether to end … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Health, News, Peace, Peace Signs, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, and Public Service, Balance, Blessing, Business, Change, Character, Charity, Children, Choices, Citizens, Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, Coercion, Community, Compulsion, Congress, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Control, Cowardice, Creation, Crime, Culture, Democracy, Draft Registration, Education, Elite, Employment, Enemies, Evil, Experience, Failure, Faith, Family, Farce, Fear, Female, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, Future, Gandhi, God, government, Grace, Haiti, Heart, History, Holy, Honesty, Hope, Hospitality, Human Rights, Humanity, Ideals, Idolatry, Inspiration, Ironic, Jesus, Job, Justice, Labor, Law, Life, Love, Meaning, Media, Mennonite, Mercy, Military, Modern, Moral, Murder, Muslims, National, National Commission on Military, National Security, Nature, Necessary Evil, Noncombatants, Obedience, Patience, Peacemakers, People of The Book, Perspective, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Present, President, Prison, Public Health, Questions, Radical, Reality, Refugees, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Resistance, Rhetoric, Risk, Rules, Russia, Sacred, Security, Selective Service System, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Suffering, Supreme Court, Surreal, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Truth, Values, Violence, War, Women, Work, Worship
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BICYCLING POEM: Mother Earth And Her Cycles
Mother Earth Has her cycles Look out! Respect her cycles Don’t be a fossil fool Ride that bike! Powered by living humans Not dead relics Exorcise those fossils, fool! Ride that bike! Get that warm feeling And cool breeze The … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems
Tagged Bicycling, Gift, Joy, Love, Mindfulness, Mother Earth, mother nature, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Respect, Solidarity, Virtue
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Activist POEM: Yet Another Trump Tuesday at Sen. Portman’s Office
Yet Another Trump Tuesday at Sen. Portman’s Office Empower verses In power What is won to think? Lying in wait Miring our advocacy Swamped with democracy When and how to mete US We go through the drill Lairs of representation … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Democracy, Donald Trump, Poems, Poetry, Power, Present, President, Protesters, Rage, Republican, Resistance, Sen. Rob Portman, Silence, Time, Toledo
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FUNNY POEM: Weight Fore It
In the dark Weight fore it There it is That singular smile Making light Of everything Taking a twinkle Over Awe the whirled As never Settling for number one Even as wading for it On and on As inevitable As … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Awe, Death, Funny, Injustice, Jester, Life, Poems, Poetry
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Toledo Democracy Day Testimony: Focus on Racism, White Supremacy
Below is the testimony I delivered today before Toledo City Council, or rather the three council members who showed up. The mayor also showed up for part of the testimony. Democracy Day Testimony March 5, 2018 Hi, my name is … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Community, Criminal Justice System, Danny Brown, Democracy, Drug War, Education, Failure, Housing, Income, Injustice, Institutions, Justice, Law, Life, Media, Money, Murder, Nature, Nonviolent, Police, Powers that be, Present, Pride, Prison, Public Health, Questions, Racism, Society, Solidarity, Status, Status Quo, Time, Toledo, War
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ANTI-FASCISM POEM: In Efface of Creeping Fascism
He was a custom Too accept That creep Creep Creep Of fascism Without a furor Incite Picking wons Fights Posedly agin And agin Sow frayed Peering opposed Laws and orders As just Be for It’s too late Over Due In … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Control, Democracy, Experience, Fascism, Haiti, Life, Luck, Mind, Moral, Propriety, Protesters, Questioning, Reality, Risk, Security, Sen. Rob Portman, Soul, State, Time, Toledo, Women, Work
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POEM: This Is Knot Poetry — When Red Allowed
Waiving his red pen He made his mute point That spoken word is knot poetry Like meting Meter and anti-meter And the invariable deconstruction of awe As if Employing free Versus The hire mind For awe That its worth Save … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Awe, Beauty, Dancing, Heart, Life, Mind, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Prose, Time, Truth, Work
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POEM: Promedica My Ass — Owed To Branding
Logos used Too mean Know ledge Like that age owed ad vice Would you jump off a bridge If every won ails did As in sayin’ Bye your good will As money oozes from the non-prophet, health care (sic) system … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Commercial, Community, Conundrum, Defense, Family, Gandhi, Genius, Health Care, Justice, Life, Living Wage, Love, Money, Mourning, Poet, Poetry, ProMedica, Prophet, Proprietary, Propriety, Resistance, Rich, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Tao, Time, Toledo
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A Spiritual Autobiography
I wrote the below spiritual autobiography a dozen years ago as part of a servant leadership study group. While it definitely needs updating, it serves well as a brief overview of my spiritual history and development over much of my … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Gay, Health, News, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anxiety, Art, Authority, Beautiful, Bible, Blessed, Buddhism, Business, Catholic, Children, Christian, Church, Civil Disobedience, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Crude, Death, Diversity, Draft Registration, Environment, Events, Experience, Faith, Family, Food, God, government, Grace, Haiti, Healing, Heart, History, Holy, Hope, Humor, Irreverence, Jester, Job, Journey, Justice, Kids, Law, leadership, Liberal, Life, Love, Media, Mennonite, Military, Mind, Mom, Money, Mystic, Nutrition, Obedience, Pacifism, Pastor, Philosophy, Play, Poems, Political, Poor, Poverty, Powers that be, Prayer, President, Public Health, Religious, Reverence, Science, Security, Serenity, Social Justice, Spiritual, Stewardship, Success, Theology, Time, Top Pun, Truth, Vegetarianism, War, Work, World Hunger, Worship, Zen
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Bee Sting Allergic Reaction Health Care Experience Number Three
On Monday, July 17, 2017, I was stung by a yellow jacket. I am allergic to bee stings and the like. This is the third time I had been stung by a bee since I found out that I was … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health
Tagged Death, Experience, Genius, Health Care, Health Insurance, Heart, Life, Luck, Market, Nature, Normal, Questioning, Questions, Republican, Risk, Sen. Rob Portman, Suffering, Time
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Democracy Day : 5 Minutes of Democracy
Today is Democracy Day, mandated by a people’s resolution to Toledo City Council, spearheaded by Toledo Move To Amend, declaring that corporations are not people and money is not free speech. Today’s forum in Toledo City Council chambers, albeit with … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged budgets, Citizens, Commercial, Democracy, Family, Free Speech, Gift, government, Heart, Love, Mind, Money, Move to Amend, Oligarchy, Play, Plutocracy, Political, Politics, Power, ProMedica, Sacred, Silence, Sleep, Time, Toledo, Trust
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Local, Low-Cost, Publishing Now Offered For Toledo Poets and Authors
I am delighted to announce a new service for Toledo area poets and authors to publish their work. I now offer inexpensive, short-run printing of bound books. If you are a Toledo area poet or author looking for an inexpensive … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Christmas, Family, Poet, Poetry, Toledo, Work
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Pushing Buttons of Intellectual Property
I occasionally run across my graphics on the web, swiped without permission; sometimes even on products for sale. I have yet to take much action, let alone sue anybody, regarding any such nominally illegal use. Most of this is because … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Busyness, Change, Children, Common Good, Environment, government, Graphics, Heart, Illegal, Image, Intellectual Property, Job, Mind, Money, Poor, Poverty, Pride, Privatizing, Reality, Rich, Soul, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Trust, Virtual Reality, War, Work
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POEM: Colloquial He
1. He lived 2. In a particular time 3. In a particular place And one Of his many editors Proferred the generic claim Putting fourth That he rote Colloquially And to this brand of righting He gave his highest, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Beautiful, Colloquial, Funny, Hope, Money, Poems, Poetry, Reverence, Time, Trust
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POEM: Lost And Found
Sum wear Long the weigh Countless souls Lost Their sense of humor Only too end up Way to Sirius Occupying that eternal box Under the counter Only willing To pass it long To whom sow ever Claims it for their … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Beauty, Cynicism, Experience, Freedom, Funny, Hope, Humor, Joy, Life, Poetry, Reality, Rich, Short Poems, Suffering, Surreal, Time, Trust
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ACTIVIST POEM: With Eyes Fixed — Owed To Shannon Frye
She was tired Enough Fore sentries of human bondage Still Those precious wons With eyes fixed On the prize Forever remanding us Stay qualm And carry on This poem was inspired by Shannon Frye’s blazing commentary that I recently included in … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Cynicism, Dream, Heart, Hope, Inspiration, Ode, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Owed To Chet Chambers
His exacting integrity Was seeded only by generosity of heart He loved Awe of God’s children As well As he kin He planted seeds That others would harvest He worked side by side Under God’s reign And the radiance of … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, Awe, Change, Children, Church, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Community, Cuba, Death, Experience, Faith, Family, Generosity, God, Grace, Heart, Housing, Humanity, Humility, Integrity, Jesus, Justice, LGBT, Life, Pastor, Poverty, Sex, Social Justice, Theology, Time, Toledo, Welfare
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