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- POEM: American AI Still Tops in Gaming Systems
- POEM: Trifecta Untaut
- POEM: The Hole-y Body Politic
- POEM: Smoking Our Enemies
- POEM: A Tax on Canada – Owed to Smoke ‘em If You Got ‘em
- POEM: Multitudes of Choice
- POEM: Infrastructure Weak
- POEM: Certifiable Sabbath
- POEM: Free, of Conspiring
- POEM: Owed to Uncivil Service
- POEM: Burning Peacemakers Unflaggingly a Cross America
- POEM: Leaves Waving
- POEM: Taken Literally
- POEM: The Drop on Me
- POEM: The Gravity of Centeredness
- POEM: Wading to Ex-hell
- POEM: Sow Lame He Cant Get an Election – Owed to Straight Up Lies
- POEM: Bard from Speaking — Owed to a Passing Grade (If Sow Inclined)
- POEM: Blanche Effacing – Owed to De-nomination of Todd Blanche
- POEM: De-nuding Shame
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Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings
POEM: Baby-ize
We awe start as twinkles in someone’s eye’s. Reflecting on this may help us recognize our common origins and shared destinies. Baby-ize She looked at me Without pretension In two me That soul window As easily won As lost From … Continue reading
POEM: People of Consequence
Our actions have consequences. We are people of consequence. The ends are determined by the means. Unfortunately, the inanity in our culture, which may, much of the time, seem harmless in it meaninglessness, meets up with epic crimes against humanity. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Culture, Death, Genocide, Heart, Humanity, Inane, Time
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POEM: Rat Race Religion
This poem is a meditation on the banality of evil that arises from good people doing nothing when it comes knocking at their doorstep. This accomplice-ment is aided by a blinding enmeshment in a rat race offering, justification for ignoring … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Death, Evil, Family, God, Hope, Humanity, Life, Meditation, Passion, Rat Race, Religion, Sacred, Security, Solidarity, War
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POEM: It’s Awe Poetry
This is a poet’s poem, particularly for those poets who employ free verse, which might not be recognized as poetry. Personally, I can guarantee that my free verse is worth every penny. It’s Awe Poetry He said “I don’t see … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Poet, Poetry
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POEM: The Hole of Life
Sometimes life leaves you only shitty choices. Of coarse, in many cases, making at least some choice is better than doing nothing or living in fear. Fortunately, whether we make a choice or not, a new set of choices arise, … Continue reading
POEM: Love is Never Having to Say “Thank You”
Community organizing can be difficult and thankless. I am grateful for those who do such work. Thanks! Still, at times, won’s work can become a bearin’ place, yielding cynicism and skepticism, even of those who appreciate you. Tossing aside potential … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cautionary Tale, Community, Cynicism, Generosity, Gratitude, Love, Quotes, Skepticism, Work
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POEM: As The Whirled Goes Bye
When I look out into the world, I often get the image of chickens running around with their heads cut off. I see an addiction to “winning” that disconnects us from creation, others and ourselves, and in supreme irony, races … Continue reading
POEM: Nobodies
The powers that be school us in learned helplessness. The powers that be want to convince you that you are a nobody, in their scheme of things. Well, good people, I know plenty of “nobodies” who are awesome wrenches in … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Beautiful, Helplessness, Powers that be
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POEM: This Poet’s Prayer
This poem reflects my basic spirituality of ever moving toward One’s vision of the good, even as my view is a dim reflection. The One thing that I can judge my progress on is my commitment to this path yearning … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Awe, Creation, Hope, Image, Poet, Prayer, Progress, Spirituality
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POEM: Optimism — A Buy Product of Hope
There is a difference between optimism and hope. Optimism is about the inertia and trajectory of facts on the ground, while hope is a metaphysical reality that seeps into life of awe kinds amidst a dizzying array of means. Hope … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Facts, Hope, Life, Optimism, Reality, Work
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POEM: Untouchable
This poem reflects on the divide between masculine and feminine ways of being in the world. One of the most stark examples is “incels” who are involuntarily celibate, often because they have a palpable misogyny that women find unattractive. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Hypermasculinity, Irony, Misogyny, Women
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POEM: Redeeming Coup on Pharaohs
God has a sense of humor. Sometimes pompous, hypocritical religionists get their religion handed to them on a plate by the disenfranchised who have a gift of accessing truth in strange places, redeeming that worthless scrip of others. The lords … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Christianity, Disenfranchised, Gift, God, Holy, Humor, Hypocritical, Nature, Religion, Truth
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POEM: An Eve with Netanyahu
As President Biden campaigns on a pro-democracy platform against the corrupt Donald Trump, he is tag teaming genocide in Gaza with his long-time friend, the corrupt Israeli PM Netanyahu, the “Bibi” brain and heart of the military onslaught and deadly … Continue reading
POEM: Compassion Sidelined
A poem for our collective denial of our responsibility to prevent genocide. Free Palestine! No one is free until all are free. Compassion Sidelined An aye for an aye And a no for a know A tooth for a tooth … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Compassion, Denial, Extinction, Genocide, Palestine, Palestinian, Responsibility, Truth, Violence
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POEM: A Confession — For the Birds
I don’t have a lot of regrets in life. Still, one of the stupidest and cruelest things I ever did was as a kid when I shot dead with a BB gun a bunch of birds hanging out in a … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Courage, Cruelty, Death, Law, Life
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POEM: Let Them Eat Bullets
Flour power, not bombs. Are we fed-up with forced mass starvation yet? Let Them Eat Bullets From ashes to ashes And dust to dust Famine sweeps Gaza And the prison guards feel threatened By the unherd Starving fore a tension … Continue reading
POEM: Genocide Joe
Monday mourning. Last week President Joe Biden spoke of being hopeful about a ceasefire deal in Gaza. I must confess, I scheduled posting this last week, expecting the likely outcome of genocide unabated and genocide Joe abidin’ his time. I … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Health, News, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Children, Health Care, Hope, Human Rights, Humanity, Israel, Journalists, Mourning, Political, Power, President, Skepticism, Soul, Time
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POEM: Following A Higher Doody
Unfortunately, Christianity is too oft weaponized against our very own siblings of God. Following A Higher Doody Their those Christians Who go to church They’re those Christians Who go Too church
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Christianity, Church, God
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POEM: Winning’s Everything
We live in an era where everything is divided . . . into winning and losing, souled to the highest bitter. The “losers” of this world will rise up, the great unwatched — the revolution will not be televised. Winning’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Expediency, Revolution, Time
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POEM: Get Over It
We are a far cry from Patrick Henry’s infamous cry, “Give me liberty or give me death,” which highlights one’s ultimate willingness to put all of your skin in the game. Today’s cry is more of a whine, “Give me … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Courage, Cowardice, Death, Democracy, Evil, Guns, Israel, Life, Moral, Necessary Evil, Politics, Power, Risk, skin in the game, Soul, Violence, War, Willingness
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