Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings

Political Philosophy Writings

POEM: They Did What?

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Top Pun

Fascism needs to be resisted anywhere and everywhere it rears its ugly head. This poem goes out to all who resist fascism in big ways and small every day… They Did What? [Mother and son standing beneath six townspeople hung … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Prize Worth Pain For

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Top Pun

One translation of the Buddhist great truth that “life is suffering” is actually “life is work,” simply meaning that life keeps requiring effort on our part… A Prize Worth Pain For Awe great faiths re-choir work. Their life kept Culling … Continue reading →

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POEM: Air Apparent

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem is a tribute to artists of all kinds who are paid in what is often predominantly inspiration and awesomeness… Air Apparent Time and time agin Nobodies watch-ing Artists creating round the clock As life squared In visible beyond … Continue reading →

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POEM: Life Eschewing

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Top Pun

Oftentimes, less is more. Life Eschewing How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time – and with lots of hot sauce. Byte buy byte I could feel myself being Swallowed hole Never getting enough I couldn’t feel … Continue reading →

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POEM: Leave, Know Witnesses

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Top Pun

The world is watching, dear leader.  There is more than won way to be history… Leave, Know Witnesses Dear leader Your feudal temp To make your weigh In this whirled Is totally in bare assing Buy your violation Of the … Continue reading →

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POEM: Character Trumps

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Top Pun

MAGA should no by now that Trump is a character of lack he… Character Trumps Oh God His character Out of Whack! He’s a hit Those with violent tendons see His Achille’s Heeling Of the whirled And the soul remains … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Peace of Me

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Top Pun

Are you war out? A Peace of Me I am a citizen Of this planet Awe too familiar With its billion boarders Among condemn nations No’ing what madders Helled sow true A mist means And ends I don’t do war … Continue reading →

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POEM: That Thresh Holed

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Top Pun

Some experiences are just, for you… That Thresh Holed What deep can be Passably be taken From such awe mighty plays As the innereds of our soul As X-quiz-it As squint-essential experience As in exchangeable in countering A cross that … Continue reading →

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POEM: Does a Bear Shit in the Woulds?

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Top Pun

Profoundly subjective experiences may be subject to hard-no’s skepticism. Of coarse, mirror facts can be shit and whole some normative plays can be the shit… Does a Bear Shit in the Woulds? Does a bear shit In the mettle Of … Continue reading →

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POEM: Appendix to Everything

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem is a follow-up or sequel to a very short poem that I wrote 13 years earlier: Everything reminds me of everything else. See blog entry on this poem. The follow-up adds a feel-good sense to knowing that everything … Continue reading →

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POEM: Mercy is Fore

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Top Pun

Mercy is a strength that mere strength knows little of… Mercy is Fore The powermongers Would halve you Believe That mercy Saved for Sunday A paltry tithe To the Lord of awe Who knows better that Mercy is for the … Continue reading →

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POEM: Underworked Poetry

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Top Pun

This poem is about my experience writing poetry, where I as the author get a singular portion of the experience, probably more that those relegated to reading merely the final product. This poem is a cousin to my poem:  My … Continue reading →

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POEM: Happy Knew Year!

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Top Pun

Out with the owed, in with anew, and may it awe be good… Happy Knew Year! Like no other time Be for it Each new year arrives Like a newborn baby naked Yet eventually come to clothes Wear ever Life … Continue reading →

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POEM: To Shut Me Up

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Top Pun

SPOILER ALERT: I’ve learned that the instant someone starts looking at their phone, they are no longer present to me, and I shut up. Multi-tasking is a myth. To Shut Me Up If you wont To shut me up Pick … Continue reading →

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POEM: Titanic Listing

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Top Pun

Sometimes that which seems urgent is less important than any of a thousand other choices… Titanic Listing Why oh why The why’s ax Must the eternal and infernal be On my too due list As daze go buy The lilliputian … Continue reading →

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POEM: Hows Calls

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Top Pun

God lives mostly outside the walls of the church… Hows Calls Bound to the masses They awe the same yearned To counter the tradition ill Making the most Popular mistake Of going to church As being won With the Lord … Continue reading →

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POEM: Usual Suspects

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Top Pun

The existential weigh of life is the usual suspects of weather cruelty or kindness… Usual Suspects They whir In the thick And thin Of being A usual suspect Suspecting weather life Might be Kind or cruel Soulful or heartless Such … Continue reading →

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POEM: Wholed On

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Top Pun

Hang onto awe. It’s worth the ride… Wholed On I could Soully sea Every which weigh Taken in Awe directions In life And with it Countless horizons Even awe at wince As just taut 360/365 Degrees Between birth daze As … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Kinds of Reality

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Top Pun

The subjective aspect of life is determining. I can look at any given reality, or a reality forced upon me, depending how I look at it, and see something very different depending on my attitude and perspective. I strive for … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Ultimate Subversive Force

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Top Pun

A poem about love versus fear and subjugation… The Ultimate Subversive Force Bigger than me Bigger than you Bigger than our enemies The largesse of awe Making us Gloriously beggar Then we can imagine Effacing loss As due without Domination … Continue reading →

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