Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: Winning The Stockholm Sin-drome

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Top Pun

This is another in my series of poems on artificial intelligence. I suspect that the “wow factor” of some early AI uses will serve as a sucker punch for a largely bloodless beating. While I am skeptical of many AI … Continue reading →

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POEM: Trifecta of Win Win Win

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Top Pun

I wrote this poem today, MLK Day, after listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech, “Beyond Viet Nam.” Have you never herd; it’s a real gas. If you don’t like it, talk to the hand, nay, palm… Trifecta of Win … Continue reading →

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POEM: Yours to Deicide

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Top Pun

Wile it doesn’t make cents for some, I see humanity is one. I strongly suspect that there is only one side. Thus, in a religious sense, any won that kills other children of God is ungodly. In some sense, killing … 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: Dammed Hope

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem employs a metaphor of a remote mountain lake brimming with hope, exasperatingly difficult to access, only to be topped with an even more secluded mountain valley hiding away awe of the lost senses of humor of uncounted folks. … Continue reading →

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Starving Palestinians — How Compassion Ate Gazans

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Top Pun

President Biden’s posed compassion and the U.S.-Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is starving the civilian population. The generations-long military occupation, the 16-year blockade on Gaza, and the current months-long bombing campaign has created a crucible of death in Gaza. … 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: That Leader Ship

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Top Pun

I wrote this poem during the last Trump administration, of which I work and pray will be the last Trump administration. That Leader Ship What if Everybody Did that Wading among prophetless idles Spinning their wills Ennui go But how … Continue reading →

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POEM: Hanging Buy A Thread

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Top Pun

Here is a Monday poem for those who may be feeling that impending work weak and need a bit of fortification. Hanging Buy A Thread There he hung Buy a thread Of hope Peering mid heir Soully able Too due … Continue reading →

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POEM: Owed Time Religion

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Top Pun

There very well may be a nexus between now and eternity, yet I find it helpful to consider now enough. Owed Time Religion Some in cyst That there religion Holds time in memorial Preaching the hear after Weather buy work … Continue reading →

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POEM: Falling for It — Coming Down to Munch Time, “The Scream”

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Top Pun

There is a Buddhist metaphor for life, that we are in a freefall from a cliff, and that learning to relax during this freefall is the key to life. I am not one much attracted rollercoasters and the like, but … 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: Halve Truth

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is a parody of the infamous “You can’t handle the truth” military courtroom speech from the 1992 movie, A Few Good Men. You can view the original speech here. Many have killed and died in wars over half-truths … Continue reading →

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POEM: Just Nation

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem reflects my yearning for a nation that gladly welcomes refugees and immigrants. Just Nation Fore awe of US Who halve a dream In this peculiar whirled Of death and extortion Of making a killing To welcome refugees As … Continue reading →

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POEM: Anew Year

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Top Pun

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Anew Year Father time Mother patience Bring it on Anew year Out with the owed Be gone with grudges And woe to overdo In with the knew Refreshing awe that hold dear Embracing fully that near And … Continue reading →

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POEM: Stream of Consciousness

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Top Pun

Consciousness can race like annoying chattering monkeys. Still, consciousness is a funny thing. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” ― Heraclitus Stream of Consciousness I … Continue reading →

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POEM: Only-ness

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem emerged from an observation that I made that “Loneliness is the shadow of individualism.” Loneliness is an epidemic in America, the most individualistic culture on earth. This poem goes out to anyone who has ever felt “only,” that … Continue reading →

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POEM: Awe Consuming Grief

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about grief as a universal facet of the human condition. This poem is inspired by a Buddhist parable. Awe Consuming Grief She suffered In this whirled Of sow much grief Awe consuming She wanted To call upon … Continue reading →

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POEM: Drowning in Technological Solutions — Owed to Novelty and Debt

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Top Pun

I strongly suspect that our impulse to seek technological solutions to virtually every human problem in lieu of applying ancient wisdom acquired through millennia of human experience will be our undoing. This is worsened by our apparent addiction to manufactured … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Kick in Arrears

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Top Pun

There is a high accost to selling your soul. But, if you are going to sell your soul, make sure to get a high price. Nonetheless, playing such a game is costly to won and awe — and some debts … Continue reading →

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