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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: Slow Boat to China
Some days I feel like I’m on A slow boat To China Then it hits me More like Being water boarded In America My life is generally at a pretty relaxed pace, and with this I have no complaints. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awareness, Big Brother, China, Consciousness, Conventional Wisdom, Culture, Denial, Economy, Experience, Fascism, Life, Mind, Poems, Poetry, Self-Awareness, Short Poems, State, Terrorism, Torture, War, Wisdom
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POEM: I am
The other day I got kicked out Of an atheist’s club Told in no uncertain terms There is science And no other! And I am left To wonder Wow, where did that come from?! I was raised A Christian A … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Atheist, Attitude, Buddhism, Christian, Compassion, Conventional Wisdom, Counter-Cultural, Death, Einstein, Experience, Fundamentalism, Gandhi, God, Gratitude, Hindu, Jesus, Jewish, Job, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Militant, Muslim, Muslims, Palestinian, Philosophical, Poems, Poetry, Power, Reality, Religion, Science, Sikh, Spiritual, Spirituality, Suffering, Theology, Universe
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POEM: Entitled to be Untitled
Your life is a work of art Entitled to be untitled Your life is beautiful. Your life is a work of art. Your life cannot be reduced to a thing; it is irreducibly mysterious. Any label is inadequate. I have … Continue reading
POEM: A Taste for Happiness
Dining with Kings and Queens Courtly balls Knightly duels And priestly indulgences You can avoid it all If only you are happy Eating beans This short poem goes out to all of those people who feel conflicted about all the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Control, Happiness, Jesus, Life, Lifestyle, Money, Politics, Poor, Poverty, Power, Rich, Simplicity, Spiritual, Values, Wealth, Western Civilization
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POEM: Spiritual Economy
The other day I went to my spiritual economist She had already been in receipt of my stack of papers I spoke at some length and detail She noted that I have much that I can not afford She advised … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Conventional Wisdom, Economy, Experience, Life, Materialism, Money, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Questions, Short Poems, Spiritual, Wealth, Wisdom
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POEM: Bull Shit
There are two things I know for sure One, I am way too old for this bull shit Two, I am way too young for this bull shit Okay, it’s more Like one thing In my college freshman english class, … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Economy, Gift, Ironic, Irony, Lazy, Life, Mind, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Short Poems, Truth
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POEM: No Longer on Speaking Terms with God
I am no longer on speaking terms with God She keeps pouring drink into my cup overflowing And I no longer have the heart to say when Only ever with a rye smile Would she say to me “eat me” … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Experience, Funny, God, Gratitude, Heart, Poems, Poetry, Rich
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POEM: Text Message From Rumi
I got a text message from Rumi: big screen tv died whole world looks like 3D brb That was over a thousand years ago Real life is infinitely more fascinating than virtual life. It’s like trying to compare 3D to … Continue reading
POEM: Our Weekend Away
On our weekend away I heard many rumors Of magnificent scenery And stunning views And yet I found myself Effortlessly resisting Any temptation To take my eyes Off of you This love poem is dedicated to my sweetheart Maryjo. The … Continue reading
POEM: Light ‘n Darkness
To face darkness Lighten up Facing darkness is a serious issue. Nonetheless, the solution is light, or to double the meaning, to lighten up. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I’ve been intrigued by the Zen concept of non-seriousness. A playfulness and certain detachment … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Attitude, Detachment, Fear, Life, Meaning, Perspective, Play, Playfulness, Poems, Short Poems, Zen
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POEM: I Dropped My Sword and Shield
One day I dropped my sword and shield And as it turns out, it freed more than my hands It is not unusual for me to want to see someone hurt; this is the metaphorical sword. It is not unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Compassion, Courage, Culture, Experience, Freedom, Justice, Karma, Poetry, Punishment, Reality, Resentment, Short Poems, Violence, Vulnerability, War, Willingness
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POEM: Sleeping In
I love mornings that I can sleep in I call them “weekdays” I am a wealthy man! I can go for months at a time without the need for an alarm clock. How many have such wealth? In crass terms, … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems
Tagged Freedom, Gratitude, Health Insurance, Life, Love, Meditation, Normal, Power, Short Poems, Sleep, Time, Wealth
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POEM: Life is a 45 Record
Life is a 45 record Most of us are playing it as a 78 Or perhaps we are being played Few are old enough to get this Even fewer are wise enough Most of us lived life rushed. For those … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Experience, Hope, Life, Normal, Poetry, Puns, Rat Race, Short Poems, Simplicity
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POEM: Shooting Star
You are a shooting star Enjoy it while you can And may others look up And see your light The short poem focuses on the theme that life is short, yet it can be glorious. The first order of business … Continue reading
POEM: Personal Boundaries
Sometimes I have trouble telling where I end and you begin No, wait, that’s you! This funny little poem plays with the confusion inherent in having fuzzy personal boundaries. Codependency is a very popular topic these days. Sorting out what … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Awareness, Business, Funny, Interdependence, Job, Poems, Poetry, Present, Reality, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Short Poems, Time, Wisdom, Work
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POEM: Running Like Chickens With Their Heads Cut Off
POEM: Running Like Chickens With Their Heads Cut Off Have you ever looked a chicken in the eyes? Most of us city folk probably never have Where are you? Chickens can look quite different in the city Just the same … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Busyness, Consciousness, Crazy, Culture, Death, Expediency, Funny, Life, Mindfulness, Poems, Present, Puns, Relationships, Self-Discovery, Solidarity, Western Civilization
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POEM: Free Will Compelling
I find the experience of free will very compelling. I like this simple one line poem because it juxtaposes two seeming opposites. Free will is often viewed as some kind of absolute. Compulsion is on the other end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Choices, Compulsion, Consciousness, Conundrum, Creativity, Epistemology, Existential, Experience, Free Will, Freedom, Funny, Genius, God, Ironic, Meaning, One-line Poems, Opposites, Reality, Respect, Sartre, Stupid, Subjectivity, Work
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POEM: Near Life Experience
I once had a near-life experience but that’s another story I like this funny two-line poem because it turns around the mysterious fascination with near-death experiences. This poem implies that near-life experiences may actually be the uncommon experience. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Death, Experience, Funny, Ironic, Life, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Protesting Pet Peeves
I would protest against my pet peeves Except, I’m not sure that “Honk if you want to end noise pollution” Would work out so well I like this funny little poem because it teases at the natural limits of something … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Peace, Poems
Tagged Funny, God, Life, Love, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Pollution, Protesters, Short Poems, Silence, Time, Work
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