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- POEM: Cistern and Brethren as One
- 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
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- POEM: Blanche Effacing – Owed to De-nomination of Todd Blanche
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Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings
POEM: Take a Collective Breath
This poem is a rare combination of my life as a poet and a public health worker. This poem juxtaposes the personal option of some to choose organic food but the collective difficulty of choosing clean air. Some times we … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Common Good, Economic, Food, Life, Poet, Power, Public Health, Work
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POEM: Still Quiet Powerful
This poem captures a funny perspective that I have on atheists. I definitely feel for people with agnostic perspectives; though I see it as a bit indecisive. On the other hand, I see atheists as carrying their certainty a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Failure, Funny, God, Job, Perspective
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POEM — Re: lax
Doing doing doing seems to be addiction in our culture, especially when compared to spending time in less goal-driven states. I suspect that relaxing and letting go could free up deeper harmonies in life with perhaps a surprising effect: making … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Awe, Culture, Life, Rhyme, Time
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POEM: Matrix™ Evolution®
This poem is a riff on on the Matrix movie franchise, of which one was entitled, “Matrix Revolutions.” This poem plays with the notion of incremental change as often inadequate when facing epic existential choices, and the daunting all-ternative. Matrix™ … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Change, Choices, Evolution, Existential, Life
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POEM: Semi-Quiet Neighborhood — Ode to I-75
I often wake up to the sound of traffic on I-75 about a half mile from my house. I yearn for quiet in my life. I mourn the impossibility of true quiet in the city. I also no that addiction … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Busyness, Crude, Culture, drone, Future, Life, Ode, Pollution, Security, Silence
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POEM: Due Doo?
The “tolerance” of snuffing other human lives continues to baffle and disturb me. This is particularly true given the shit that such lethal choices unleash. Can we love humans, awe humans, more than our attachment to such shit? This poem … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Choices, Enemies, Love, Moral
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POEM: Screw the All Gore Rhythm
One of my monikers in life is “screw the algorithm,” in rebellion to the lifeless calculations that often subtract from humanity and divide humanity. This poem is such a rebel cry. Screw the All Gore Rhythm The death machine is … Continue reading
POEM: Detente
When guns ceasefire and bombings are paused, we are still a longing weigh from peace. War is hell — not something to be won. This poem is a meditation on the accost of war, weather hot or cold. Peace — … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Guns, Hell, Meditation, Sleep, War
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POEM: What Counts?
Mysticism is at the heart of all true religion. Experiencing the mystic, the sublime, may involve wooing over generations, even eons. However, on some inexplicable occasions, mystic experiences fuel an incinerator that lays waste to all convention and worldviews. The … Continue reading
POEM: Gobble Gobble Gobble
A Thanksgiving poem for awe at the table, not at the table, and those on the table. Gobble Gobble Gobble Turkey prayers sound like Gobble gobble gobble Turkey preyers sound like Gobble gobble gobble Won might ax If the deference … Continue reading
POEM: The Hit and Myth Nature of Cautionary Tales
Indigenous peoples have a legendary way of introducing stories: “This story may not have happened, but that doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true.” This is a way of pointing out that mere facts are not the only material for … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Culture, Facts, Life, Nature, Truth
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POEM — Hemlocking the Socratic Method [Curiosity Killed the Hepcat]
I am very curious. Life intrigues me. I am also a critical thinker, and, at times, others view me as contrary. I do seem to have a gift for seeing contradictions. Most of the time, I like playing around with … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Curiosity, Gift, Life, Logic, Questioning, Questions, Time
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POEM: The Dumbest Thing I Ever Metaphor
This poem is a tribute to the dumbfounding reality that speaking about God is extremely dangerous, almost as dangerous as not speaking about God. I am perpetually drawn to contemplating ultimate concerns, which naturally outline one’s respective, or irrespective, views … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Conundrum, Fundamentalism, God, Holy, Nature, Reality, Religion, Spirituality
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POEM: Unentitled Number Two
This poem peered early this morning. The muse strikes again! This poem is a poet’s poem, and a tip of the hat to one of my favorite poets, Rumi. Who is that says you can’t feel the sublime standing in … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Chaos, Muse, Poet, Rumi
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POEM: Attrition Verses
Much of the brutality in our world takes the form of a war of attrition, where “the more titanic of the two” calculates that they can outlast the damage to won an other. This raze to the bottom abodes well … Continue reading
POEM: Believe Ability
As you may know, I am a convicted felon, for refusing to register for the military draft, way back in the 1980’s when draft registration was reinstituted. I found such a mandate offensive to my conscience and world peace. I … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Buddhist, Christian, Conscience, Courage, Criminal Justice System, Draft Registration, Enemies, Fundamentalism, Gandhi, Heart, Hindu, Joke, Justice, Law, Legalism, Military, Muslim, Muslims, Perspective, Religion, Sincerity, State, Trust, War, Wisdom
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POEM: Giant Chain of Keys
This poem is a tribute to won of the keys of life, that is that the journey is more important than the destination. On a more earnest note, may integrity and honesty make a comfortable home in your character. On … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Character, Honesty, Integrity, Journey, Joy, Kindness, Life
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POEM: Beating The Conundrum
Blessed be the peacemakers. It will take awe we have to secure peace. May the fog of war give weigh to the tsunami of love rising in the see of humanity. Beating The Conundrum The peacemakers cried Everybody for everybody … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Blessed, Conundrum, Enemies, Humanity, Insanity, Love, Peacemakers, War
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POEM: The Stub
This poem is a small tale of serendipity where even the small stub of a toe could lead to large discovery, and weather this discovery turns out to be a blessing or a curse may also deep end on serendipity. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Blessing, God, Grace, Healing, Serendipity, Time, Vocation
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POEM: Repleting Lies
War is fertile territory for hyperbole, to put it kindly. More to the point, war is built on lies. Big lies. Little lies. Really big lies. Truth is the first casualty of war — most of the rest are civilians. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Jobs, Journalists, Media, Propaganda, Truth, War, Work
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