Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: Birds Peering

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Top Pun

Serenity is for the birds, and us as well. Pass it on… Birds Peering A bird peered With an offering Of divine note A bounty of songs One Just for me Ransoming my soul Sow if you hear A song … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Wake Sleepy Aheads

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem goes out to all nonviolent activists, particularly those who struggle with whether they make a difference or not. This poem is also a tip of the hat to this great quote: “If you think you are too small … Continue reading →

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POEM: Out of Place, Out of Time

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Top Pun

A little mysticism for the day… Out of Place, Out of Time He got the good Look At that beyond time and space In that gape between death and life An engrossing gawk Trashing Every proposition passable What can One … Continue reading →

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POEM: B Movie

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Top Pun

Perhaps we shouldn’t be the B movie we don’t want to see in the world? B Movie They were rooting For a Hollywood ending They were a bit Surprised When this really came true Unfortunately It was an apocalyptic horror … Continue reading →

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POEM: Audience Participation

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Top Pun

Saving the planet and the life that inhabits it is not a spectator sport. What is your personal action plan to help save Mother Earth and her children? Audience Participation Now For our next death deifying act Matched only buy … Continue reading →

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POEM: Clerical Counter

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Top Pun

Religion stands in, the bind of wrapping vivifying experience. The spirit is reported to be as the wind, not knowing where it comes from and to where it goes. Still, when the spirit shows up, you will be rapt. Clerical … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Age of Know Surprise

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is a tribute to the kerfuffle of President and candidate Biden’s recent debate performance. If I were to pick an alter-ego other than “Top Pun,” on some days I might choose “Cassandra” the Greek mythological character fated to … Continue reading →

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POEM: Courting Corruption — Owed Too Presidential Immunity

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem goes out to the sniveling sycophants known as the majority of the Supreme Court. I miss the days when The Supremes were just…a Motown sensation… Courting Corruption — Owed Too Presidential Immunity Shot on Fifth Avenue Shot of … Continue reading →

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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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