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POEM: Knot Quiet Myself

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Top Pun

I find that silence speaks volumes. My greatest thoughts are humbled in silence’s presents. Listening is the better part of communication. Knot Quiet Myself Lying there I broke The silence The emptiness With thoughts a loud Notions of God Laid … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Day of Longing No More

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Top Pun

A solstice poem… A Day of Longing No More The longest day of the year And nothing too due He was well Grounded Sent to his roam Bye know won On the level Of ants Who never cry “uncle” With … Continue reading →

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POEM: Zombie Politics

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Top Pun

Do you ever get the sense that politics is following some inextricable, absurd, and perilous coarse? I find American politics increasingly resembling that nightmare where a slow-walking monster is chasing you and no matter how fast you run it is … Continue reading →

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POEM: US Verses Wee

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Top Pun

We live in a world with far too much “US versus THEM.” Partisanship and division reign chaos. Tribalism breeds violence. This poem wakes to a different dream… US Verses Wee Won quiet mourning I awoke There was no US Every … Continue reading →

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POEM: Woo Who

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem reflects a bit on my skepticism of skepticism and my deep yearning to witness and participate in the long arc of love. Woo Who Their is Know subject Greater than You who Suspect Life as a Job Only … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Bout Zen

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem borrows from a Zen story where a monk is in a boat quietly meditating with their eyes closed in the middle of a faraway lake. When the monk hears a loud sound and the boat rocks, the monk … Continue reading →

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POEM: On Sand They Billed

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Top Pun

“Building on a foundation of sand” is an ancient cautionary metaphor that our modern, so-called civilization often seems to run over roughshod. Literally jumping from one unsustainable practice to the next unsustainable practice often seems like a fair characterization of … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Universe Winks

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Top Pun

Have you ever had the universe wink at you? The Universe Winks A thousand millennia ago Before you were A twinkle in your parents’ eyes A son of another galaxy Shone brightly In that precise direction Of whom you would … Continue reading →

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POEM: Snugly Lodged

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Top Pun

In case you were wondering why anxiety and fear sometimes seem to creep up on us humans… Snugly Lodged I was wresting Quiet comfortably In my nice warm bed Pondering the seeming conundrum Of why wee humans are So offed … Continue reading →

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POEM: The World’s Youth on Fire

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem goes out the young climate activists demanding a livable world who made a federal case out of their constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happy nest dismissed by a federal appellate court. The World’s Youth … Continue reading →

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POEM: Our Fear Less Leader

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Top Pun

If aiding and abetting genocide does not make you unfit for the highest public office, then I don’t know what would. I am sick and tired of being told we have to vote for the least totally unfit candidate for … Continue reading →

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POEM: Proper Preying

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is based on a traditional Zen story of two very different perspectives on what was seemingly a straightforward thing, revealing the importance of our inner lives. The story pits two Zen monks, one who is a monk smoking, … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Beat of Exclusive Clubs

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Top Pun

Other than for hardcore atheism, my spiritual beliefs ran the gamut, something for everyone. I am a spiritual mutt. Probably the most apt description would be “unorthodox.” I detest fundamentalism. I was raised Christian and spent most of my life … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Head of Belief

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Top Pun

I’ve heard that the longest distance is from the head to the heart. This poem is one take on this. I’ve been known to get stuck in my head, even well-intentioned, disconnected from my heart. A Head of Belief He … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Mirror Student

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Top Pun

Looking at myself seems to be a common denominator in successfully working through interpersonal issues. Reflections from others and the world around me can be very instructive on the nature of my inner life and its knotty workings. Taking care … Continue reading →

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POEM: Job One

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Top Pun

For a job I be looking… Job One My job Is to see you As God sees you Nothing more Nothing less

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POEM: Dawning of So-called Civilization

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Top Pun

Uncertain daze I am not such a fan of civilization. I am learning to value disillusionment. Who needs illusions? Seeing the good, the bad, and the ugly seems like a better way to realize our dreams. Dawning of So-called Civilization … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Dance of Life

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Top Pun

Enjoy the dance! The Dance of Life Two steps forward, one step back Two steps backward, one step forward One step forward, three steps back Three steps forward, one step back Right Left Right Left Right, right, way too right … Continue reading →

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POEM: Barren His Soul

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Top Pun

I wrote this poem in 2018 when the Donald Trump hush money case with porn star Stormy Daniels was being investigated as a violation of election laws. Unfortunately, years and years later this case is just coming to trial. When … Continue reading →

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POEM: Hope Ungraduated

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Top Pun

This is a poem that plays with the fact that I graduated from Hope College. I have literally graduated from hope! Of course, hope is not simply something that can be metered out in a “graduated” fashion, and neither hoard … Continue reading →

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