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Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings
POEM: Sow Lame He Cant Get an Election – Owed to Straight Up Lies
Last night, in a major address of grievances, lame-duck-in-chief Donald Trump delivered his sow called election lies, as fore tolled, fool of whoppers. Here is a poem chalking up another crime scene… Sow Lame He Cant Get an Election – … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Donald Trump, Elections
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POEM: Blanche Effacing – Owed to De-nomination of Todd Blanche
Blanche Effacing – Owed to De-nomination of Todd Blanche Follow the money In the wins of the demander-in-chief A draftee A personal arm he Acting ass the Attorney General He couldn’t find a clue In the Epstein-philes Drunk as dis … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Corruption, Donald Trump
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POEM: De-nuding Shame
Read this whole post if you want a powerful example of creative nonviolence… De-nuding Shame “Nakedness was taboo in Judaism. Shame fell not on the naked party but the person viewing or causing one’s nakedness (Genesis 9:20-27)” –Walter Wink, Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Creativity, Nonviolence, Nonviolent
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POEM: Knot Computing
I suspect that if you don’t think that someone is eccentric, then you don’t know them well enough. Knowing people is tricky, and even knowing someone well calls for accepting irreducible eccentricities, beyond mirror comprehension… Knot Computing It qualitatively sucks … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Freedom, Scientific Reductionism
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POEM: Fit for Doody
Fit for Doody In the reign Of un-presidented times Wee occupy As the resident of the whitest house Turns out Too be the biggest As hole in the whirled Fit for doody
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Donald Trump
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POEM: The Catch
Reality favors being like water, more sow than stone… The Catch Low And be hold Awe streams flow Too the see On the level Just A positioned With awe that is Righteous The catch Of awe catches See Tao, 66 … Continue reading
POEM: Man Machined
This poem is a reflection on “smart” phone addiction… Man Machined As the daze accumulated What ditty fine He and his phone became won Be the phone he In formed The whirled Sow becoming An avatar Soully stopping To eat … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cell Phone, Smart Phone, Technology
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POEM: That Witch Is
Awe is awe, there is… That Witch Is You more than might Find yourself Underneath The power of the whirled Wear there is A river of awe That witch is A mirror tributary Too the foundation Of awe being Beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Mystic, Mystical, Mysticism, Tao
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POEM: That Uncle Sam
This poem is about America’s crazy Uncle Sam… That Uncle Sam Most families long for A more perfect reunion Yet halve won That is that Crazy uncle Proffering to drop Like a bomb in nation As is Offed the case … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Donald Trump, Patriot, Patriotism, Uncle Sam
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POEM: Pointed Canon
Pointed Canon There it was So pointed Their canon At me They took Their best shot Over and over I was Soar too fine Out De-spite There best efforts Holy as could be Came from ails wear That greatest alloy … Continue reading
POEM: Owed to Lindsey Graham
Owed to Lindsey Graham “When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.” –African proverb Regarding the passing Of that fighting elephant Just saying In the roam of some shithole in continents Served cold on a silver platter From that grate state … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Death, GOP, Republican
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POEM: The Pits
This poem was inspired by an image germinated in conjunction with two other Toledo poets at last night’s “Uncloistered” poetry reading, Pella Felton (birds as poems) and Kerry Jensen Trautman (peach pits thrown onto side of road). As usual, I … Continue reading
POEM: I Weep
Weeping can be freeing… I Weep I here Ten thousand days In a soul moment In each Anew mourn I weep A river Sow prodigious A loan Soully culpable Of washing A weigh the see of blood There is know … Continue reading
POEM: Opiate of the Masses
Opiate of the Masses “Being drug, through religion, the most wonder full I ever metaphor…” From seamingly know wear He professed Rather proud of hymn self “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” As offering Himself high Marx Too sum … Continue reading
POEM: The Column Before The Storm
This poem is about solidarity and the peace that can abide there in… The Column Before The Storm In awe the trouble of the whirled I could sea it A disturbance in the farce As uncounted a mass In their … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Change, Solidarity
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POEM: Got Unexpected
Expect the unexpected. Got Unexpected I got unexpected Word That swinging lick A bit more harmony A bit less harmonica Alternately sucking and blowing
Children Borne Agin – Owed to Refugee/Immigrant Caregivers
When my 90-year-old dad died last, his last months of care were made possible by refugee and immigrant caregivers. This poem was inspired when I heard someone speak of the fact that people of non-western cultures are raised to revere … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Aging, Immigration, Refugees
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POEM: His Soul Vacuum – Owed to Broligarchy
This poem reflects upon the oncoming storm of broligarchy versus the people… His Soul Vacuum – Owed to Broligarchy “I don’t want to be, like, Hoover.” – President Donald “Broligarchy” Trump His soul was a vacuum For money How ever … Continue reading
POEM: Idol Wrest
It may not be my busyness, but today I feel a scrap of hardy har hard work… Idol Wrest “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Faith, Kindness, Love, Patience, Work
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POEM: I Deal List
I am an unrepentant idealist. My view is that if you don’t have clear boundaries, “red lines,” that you are willing to live and die for, then the drift toward some version of amorality or sociopathy becomes insufferable and life … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Climate Change, Genocide, sexual assault
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