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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: Poems
POEM: Opportunity Accost [Number Two]
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
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Awe, Beautiful, Possibility, Probability, Statistics
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POEM: Halve Truth
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
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Faith, Freedom, Guns, Hope, Love, Military, Questions, Responsibility, Time, Truth
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POEM: Just Nation
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
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awe, Christian, Death, Dream, Refugees
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POEM: Anew Year
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
POEM: Stream of Consciousness
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
POEM: Only-ness
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
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Culture, Individualism, Poverty, Spiritual, Superficial
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POEM: Awe Consuming Grief
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
POEM: Drowning in Technological Solutions — Owed to Novelty and Debt
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
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Ancient, Awe, Control, Debt, Experience, Fear, Poverty, Slavery, Wisdom
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POEM: A Kick in Arrears
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
POEM: To Beat a Conundrum, Or Knot
Sometimes we have the key to our own imprisonment and don’t realize it. To Beat a Conundrum, Or Knot A cross Countless sentries Cool cats have found themselves In Schrödinger’s box Or not Know lock And no key Or no … Continue reading
POEM: High Level of Confidants
A poem about an angelic visitation, in honor of Christmas day — comfortably unbelievable. High Level of Confidants I am an angel In disguise Fortunately, I can tell this to you In complete safety Since you will not believe me … Continue reading
POEM: God Thirst
This is a poet’s poem about the ineffable muse and singing her prays. God Thirst He was drunk In poetry An outspoken unspoken word artist And still Imbibe Hymn As well
POEM: Moved to Adjourn
I rarely go to meetings anymore, and when I do, the purpose it usually serves is to remind me why I don’t go to meetings. This poem adds another layer that gets at my lifestyle of being deinstitutionalized; that is, … Continue reading
POEM: A Queer World
This poem is about the queer reality that if there were not homophobia, I would not have been born, as my Dad is gay. Only the rejection of his sexual orientation and the societal “need” to enter a “heterosexual” marriage … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Gay, Poems
Tagged Equality, God, Hate, Heterosexual, Homophobia, Incarnation, Joke, Justice, Poetic Justice, Queer, Reality
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POEM: Holy Enough
This a poem about not being perfect but being perfectly enough. Holy Enough It is hard to brake illusions Yet I smashed this one with ease The illusion of me being holy Evident to awe around me And especially sow … Continue reading
POEM: Capital Punishment for Abortion?!
This is a poem I wrote a while back when a state legislature proposed capital punishment for abortion. Perhaps a low for the so-called “pro-life” forces. Hey alleged “pro-lifers,” I raze you, an end to capital punishment and an end … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abortion, capital punishment, Crime, Death, Life, Mom, Political, Present, Pro-life, Punishment, Religion, State, War
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POEM: In Play Cache
Here is a very short poem about the wisdom of living in the present. In Play Cache Now That moment In play Cache Or other wise
POEM: Take a Collective Breath
This poem is a rare combination of my life as a poet and a public health worker. This poem juxtaposes the personal option of some to choose organic food but the collective difficulty of choosing clean air. Some times we … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Common Good, Economic, Food, Life, Poet, Power, Public Health, Work
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POEM: Still Quiet Powerful
This poem captures a funny perspective that I have on atheists. I definitely feel for people with agnostic perspectives; though I see it as a bit indecisive. On the other hand, I see atheists as carrying their certainty a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Failure, Funny, God, Job, Perspective
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POEM — Re: lax
Doing doing doing seems to be addiction in our culture, especially when compared to spending time in less goal-driven states. I suspect that relaxing and letting go could free up deeper harmonies in life with perhaps a surprising effect: making … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Awe, Culture, Life, Rhyme, Time
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