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POEM: As Awe of Palestine Weeps

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Top Pun

Genocide is never justified. There is no such thing as a “defensive” genocide. Let US end the mass starvation in Gaza. Never again. As Awe of Palestine Weeps O Israel Be-holed The lored you are god Reigning down Death On … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Tell — Pariah States

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Top Pun

The indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcomed by Trump and both congressional Republicans and Democrats, rather than arresting him under international law. Netanyahu in Orwellian fashion nominates Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize (sic). The bromance … Continue reading →

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POEM: Not Minding

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Top Pun

It’s amazing how much you can learn by just paying attention. Still, the trick seems to be letting go of that which I cannot control  — a mere 99.999999999% of what happens. Not Minding “I don’t mind what happens.” — … Continue reading →

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POEM: BB for Brayin’s — Owed to Trump and Bibi

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Top Pun

After the kommandant-in-chief used bunker busters bombs to war on Iran and make his play for a Nobel Peace Prize (sic), The Don floats another meaningless peace proposal that is unacceptable to warmonger Bibi Netanyahu and offers no lasting end … Continue reading →

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POEM: Mission Creep

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Top Pun

Character is destiny. Donald Trump is a bully threw and threw. He is the mission creep. Mission Creep From his political berth Down with The escalator of hate A crooked real state barren Suffering from a military-industrial complex Making questionable … Continue reading →

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POEM: Hear, We Go

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Top Pun

As peace through strength breaks out in the middle east, here is a poem about the seemingly inexorable escalation of war: Hear, We Go Strongmen every war A ledge Peace threw Strength Braking out In the middle east Yet another … Continue reading →

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POEM: How Ever War is Borne

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Top Pun

I wrote this anti-war poem quite a while ago. Unfortunately, hour capacity to ignore timeless wisdom is leading US to hellish foolishness wince again… How Ever War is Borne No won ever Reckons the lies From wince War is begat … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Violence Sandwich

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Top Pun

Here is a poem for awe of you vegan peacemakers… A Violence Sandwich Man Trying Too fill That empty whole Of living buy Bred alone Slys of life Dead meet A taste fore flesh Curdled mother’s milk Of some other … Continue reading →

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POEM: Guise With Guns

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Top Pun

Guns don’t kill people; bullets ripping through organs, flesh, and bones do. GUN VIOLENCE = MEANNESS X FEAR Guise With Guns It hit me in a flash Seeing through Guise with guns They are more frayed Than I am In … Continue reading →

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POEM: Dwelling on This Earth

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Top Pun

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Dwelling on This Earth I reflect up On awe the violence In this whirled And what peers before me As a sore lack … Continue reading →

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POEM: Missing an I

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Top Pun

I would love to save the world. Fortunately, this does not depend on me alone. I want to join movements with others who savor justice, joy, and love. Here is a poem on this theme: Missing an I Hear I … Continue reading →

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POEM: F-16

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Top Pun

Sometimes life is a walk in the neighborhood. Sometimes not. F-16 I was strolling in my neighborhood Trying to avoid The usual noise pollution From technological whored A roaring lawnmower hear A gas weed whacker whacking there A whirring leaf … Continue reading →

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POEM: No How

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Top Pun

This poem is about the tragedy of applying great human know-how to war. No How How fright Fully billed War ships Fighter jets Arms of every sort As craft As fly As crack aims As wreckin’ as kill As wack … Continue reading →

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POEM: Genocide Heirs

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Top Pun

I can see how people find opposing all wars as problematic, and see situations where they would organize mass killings of their enemies. Frankly, from an international law and human rights perspective, I think that it is impossible in practice … Continue reading →

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POEM: Mirror Palestine

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Top Pun

The U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza is a horrific failure of humanity and godliness. We must look unflinchingly at what this means for US. Mirror Palestine Mirror, mirror, behind a wall Who is beautiful One and all Helled Up to the … Continue reading →

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POEM: At Last Picked

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Top Pun

In the era of Team Cruel, life can be in hospitable. At Last Picked There is allot Of blood sports In the schoolyard of life And death Teeming with God’s children A lot Left wanting To be picked Last

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POEM: Seize Fire Wow

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Top Pun

Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat has been assassinated by Israel after being openly put on a hit list last October. Hossam is the latest in over 200 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza. In … Continue reading →

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POEM: Awe the Answers Hour in Nature

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Top Pun

Nature provides lots of answers when we are stuck in our heads and big boxes, we call home. Awe the Answers Hour in Nature I shook my ahead Soully pondering That space between mine years I have Never won An … Continue reading →

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POEM: Landing On, Peace for Palestine

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Top Pun

Thank you, Ziad, for sharing your father’s story with me. I am inspired by his deep connection to the land and people of Palestine. Drinking a cup of olive oil each morning and valuing the olive trees as more than … Continue reading →

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POEM: Bent Knee Walking

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Top Pun

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 →

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