Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

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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POEM: To Beat a Conundrum, Or Knot

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: High Level of Confidants

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: God Thirst

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Top Pun

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

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POEM: Moved to Adjourn

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: A Queer World

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Holy Enough

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Capital Punishment for Abortion?!

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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