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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: Funny Poems
POEM: A Poet’s Currency
Poet versus economist: A Poet’s Currency ARE YOU A CAPITALIST? no i am more a kin to that econ amissed e e cummings In case you didn’t know, E. E. Cummings was a poet who often broke the rules of … Continue reading
POEM: True Story
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
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Bible, God, Image, Jewish, Joke, Time
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POEM: Pro-crastinator
The muse finally got around to delivering this one… Pro-crastinator It was already too late He had discovered that Procrastination pays Other wise He would be An amateur-crastinator
POEM: Dread Full Theology
This funny little poem illustrates just how far my mind goes to set up a pun. WARNING: this poem gets a little hairy. Dread Full Theology So, you think God is dead? I am not sure But I do know … Continue reading
POEM: Caged in Key West
This poem is a glimpse into my somewhat demented mind. I am not really sure what inspired this poem. This poem is not based on a real story. Nonetheless, here it is. Poetry happens. Please feel free to not be … Continue reading
POEM: 5.14159 [pi + number 2]
This poem is sort of a mathematical Shakespearean insult. Perhaps you’ve met the guy — know not Shakespeare. 5.14159 He never got me But I had his number From that very first meting Like pi And number two
POEM: Gratuitous Rumor
On rumors of angels… Gratuitous Rumor There is a rumor That she is an angel In disguise I know this is untrue For if it is true It’s the worst disguise ever
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POEM: Did I Hear You Write?
This funny short poem takes particular advantage of how my punny writing is used to meditate on righting the whirled. My poems typically read silently differently than how they seem read out loud. This is a good example of my … Continue reading
POEM: Giving a Flock
Today’s short, funny poem: Giving a Flock Have you herd The won A bout A vegan saying No harm No fowl
POEM: The N Times? An Ode Too AI
Here is a poem a bout AI, artificial intelligence. This is a poem with ATTITUDE! Today’s news included this: Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission. With this poem, I throw down the gauntlet to … Continue reading
POEM: A Wrigley Question
A funny little poem. A Wrigley Question I was not prone To such ambulating queries And it was not what I was expectorating “Who would spit their chewed gum on the sidewalk?” The question sticks deep in my sole
POEM: Stanza Loan
A poem about the nighttime dance with the muse: Stanza Loan My peripatetic soul Me-and-her-ing In the meddle of the night Stairing into space Looking fore A heavenward sealing Holing up Foiling Oh my Vega bonding Only to be Trolled … Continue reading
POEM: Royally Backwards: Owed to Chuck the King
This is my attempt to chuck the news about the coronation of King Chuck III: Royally Backwards: Owed to Chuck the King Sitting on my throne Perusing many subjects before me It curred to me King Charles may not be … Continue reading
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POEM: Putin on the Ritz
Putin on the Ritz Putin showed up The end At the gate of heaven Only to discover that God is the kindest woman You could ever imagine Who also turns out To be a huge fan Of Pussy Riot And … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Funny Poems, Peace, Poems
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POEM: Got Marxism?
Got Marxism? “Are you a Marxist?” he asked Well Yes and know I am More of a Groucho Marxist Than a Karl Marxist This funny little poem is a bit Zen in that turns a serious question into a playful … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Funny, Marxism, Poems, Poetry, Political, Questions, Short Poems, Zen
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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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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
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Health, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
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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POEM: Tickling God’s Whiskers
He thought Too himself More or less THAT would tickle God’s whiskers Which was particularly funny Since God has no whiskers Un-less That is God is right Under your knows This short poem plays with the notion that God is … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Funny, God, Humor, Joke, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: That Arguable Grip
He argued Fore cynicism Farced to choose between What’s left What is right And he one handily With won hand tied behind his back Soundly Like the slow clap With the only hope That he is not contagious And that … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cynicism, Dreams, Helplessness, Hope, Joy, Normal, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Reality, Work, Worldview
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