Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: That Witch Is

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Top Pun

Awe is awe, there is… That Witch Is You more than might Find yourself Underneath The power of the whirled Wear there is A river of awe That witch is A mirror tributary Too the foundation Of awe being Beyond … Continue reading →

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POEM: That Uncle Sam

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem is about America’s crazy Uncle Sam… That Uncle Sam Most families long for A more perfect reunion Yet halve won That is that Crazy uncle Proffering to drop Like a bomb in nation As is Offed the case … Continue reading →

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POEM: Pointed Canon

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Top Pun

Pointed Canon There it was So pointed Their canon At me They took Their best shot Over and over I was Soar too fine Out De-spite There best efforts Holy as could be Came from ails wear That greatest alloy … Continue reading →

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POEM: Owed to Lindsey Graham

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Top Pun

Owed to Lindsey Graham “When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.” –African proverb Regarding the passing Of that fighting elephant Just saying In the roam of some shithole in continents Served cold on a silver platter From that grate state … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Pits

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem was inspired by an image germinated in conjunction with two other Toledo poets at last night’s “Uncloistered” poetry reading, Pella Felton (birds as poems) and Kerry Jensen Trautman (peach pits thrown onto side of road). As usual, I … Continue reading →

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POEM: I Weep

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Top Pun

Weeping can be freeing… I Weep I here Ten thousand days In a soul moment In each Anew mourn I weep A river Sow prodigious A loan Soully culpable Of washing A weigh the see of blood There is know … Continue reading →

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POEM: Opiate of the Masses

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Top Pun

Opiate of the Masses “Being drug, through religion, the most wonder full I ever metaphor…” From seamingly know wear He professed Rather proud of hymn self “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” As offering Himself high Marx Too sum … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Column Before The Storm

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem is about solidarity and the peace that can abide there in… The Column Before The Storm In awe the trouble of the whirled I could sea it A disturbance in the farce As uncounted a mass In their … Continue reading →

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POEM: Got Unexpected

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Top Pun

Expect the unexpected. Got Unexpected I got unexpected Word That swinging lick A bit more harmony A bit less harmonica Alternately sucking and blowing

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Children Borne Agin – Owed to Refugee/Immigrant Caregivers

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Top Pun

When my 90-year-old dad died last, his last months of care were made possible by refugee and immigrant caregivers. This poem was inspired when I heard someone speak of the fact that people of non-western cultures are raised to revere … Continue reading →

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POEM: His Soul Vacuum – Owed to Broligarchy

Posted on July 9, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem reflects upon the oncoming storm of broligarchy versus the people… His Soul Vacuum – Owed to Broligarchy “I don’t want to be, like, Hoover.” – President Donald “Broligarchy” Trump His soul was a vacuum For money How ever … Continue reading →

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POEM: Idol Wrest

Posted on July 9, 2026 by Top Pun

It may not be my busyness, but today I feel a scrap of hardy har hard work… Idol Wrest “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there … Continue reading →

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POEM: I Deal List

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Top Pun

I am an unrepentant idealist. My view is that if you don’t have clear boundaries, “red lines,” that you are willing to live and die for, then the drift toward some version of amorality or sociopathy becomes insufferable and life … Continue reading →

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POEM: Wins Blowing

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Top Pun

Getting in the flow of life is easier, then you think… Wins Blowing “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with … Continue reading →

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POEM: Victory Lapse

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Top Pun

In life, a race well run is found in cultivating win-win situations, not winning at all accosts… Victory Lapse There is won thing A greed He was taken Bought Into Power, money, status His raze well Run And the soul … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Spiritual Homme

Posted on July 5, 2026 by Top Pun

A Spiritual Homme We came to, believe, in a power greater, then ourselves. There is only one thing more dangerous than talking about God – that is NOT talking about God. Daze came to This I was tolled There is … Continue reading →

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Here is a poem about the private-public-private beach sandwich pictured below. This crammed public beach near South Haven, Michigan, is sandwiched between ample private beaches unoccupied… Vacay’ing In Dependence Daze Hear as I share a kittle Piece of mine Apportion … Continue reading →

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Top Pun | Leave a comment

POEM: Celebrating the Forth

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Top Pun

Nationalism seems to me to be an over-attachment to geography and an under-attachment to people… Celebrating the Forth Won mourning I awoke Parently in the land of my berth Recalling I had herd Something Or other A bout Flagging borders … Continue reading →

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POEM: God Less America

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Top Pun

The insistence of absolute sovereignty of the state is idolatrous and unhealthy for its subjects, and definitely unhealthy for all “non-citizens.” I vote for planetary citizenship and limit aliens literally to aliens (for the time being)… God Less America Where … Continue reading →

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Unflagging Loyal T — Owed to a T

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Top Pun

Today’s poem is a reflection on the oft shallow love of one’s own land, called “patriotism.” In this July 4th summer season, this poem is a tip of the hat to the “T”… Unflagging Loyal T — Owed to a … Continue reading →

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