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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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- POEM: The Lessen of Mirror Nihilism
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- POEM: What is De-served?
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- POEM: A Walker, Please
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- POEM: Rat Race Religion
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- POEM: The Hole of Life
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Tag Archives: Art
POEM: Writing Poetry
I like writing poetry except for the writing part Writing poetry is an art from the heart. If there is work in writing poetry, of which I don’t find much, it somehow relates to brain functioning. My favorite definition of … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Beautiful, Experience, Heart, Image, Inspiration, Joy, Love, Mind, Mystery, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Short Poems, Work
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POEM: Author Author Original
Author Author Original Many great authors Veritable prose Composed Many glorified pages Of legends owed Epitomizing a theme Depicting perfect variations Epic anecdotes In firmity Contracted By edifices Of many stories I prefer the novelty Of a single sentence Unleashing … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Awe, Commercial, Food, Freedom, Image, Literate, Modern, Monetize, Nature, Ode, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Prose, Puns, Western Civilization
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POEM: Revolutions Violent
Revolutions Violent Any revolution That must dispose of enemies Remains Mirrorly A turning Of the tables Going round Not with standing How grate thou Art And wore A game that can only Play you Fraught with duel intentions That two-sided … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Demonization, Denial, Enemies, Evil, God, Hope, Life, Mind, Play, Poems, Poetry, Punishment, Reality, Responsibility, Revolution, Sacred, Truth, Violence, War
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POEM: Skin in the Game
Skin in the Game The gods are at war A blood sport for many The spectators are plenty Seeded at the rite and Overlooking the arena As bleachers whitewash The stain power of the players Announcers pooring over each play … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Accountability, Art, Awe, Courage, God, Inane, Optimism, Play, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Poor, Power, Risk, Sacrifice, skin in the game, Social Justice, Social Movements, Violence, War, Worship
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SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: A Christian Perspective on Justice
Here is a portion of a document that I drafted a couple of years ago while I was a board member of Toledo Area Ministries (TAM). It was never adopted in any form, but I put a lot of work … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Accountability, Ancient, Art, Authorities, Authority, Awareness, Bible, Blessed, Blessing, budgets, Capitalism, Change, Character, Children, Christian, Church, Civil Rights, Classism, Common Good, Community, Compassion, Competition, Conscience, Consumerism, Control, Conundrum, Conventional Wisdom, Creation, Creativity, Death, Defense, Denial, Domestic Violence, Domination, Dream, Economic, Egalitarian, Enemies, Equality, Evil, Facts, Failure, Faith, Family, Fear, Food, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Gender, Gift, God, government, Grace, Greed, Harmony, Hate, Healing, Heart, Heaven, Hell, History, Holy, Hope, Hospitality, Human Rights, Humanity, Humility, Idolatry, Image, Immorality, Impersonal, Incarnation, Inequality, Injustice, Intimacy, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Journey, Joy, Justice, Kindness, Labor, Law, leadership, Life, Logic, Loss, Love, Market, Materialism, Meaning, Mercy, Militarism, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Morality, Nationalism, Nature, Nonviolence, Patience, Patriarchy, Patriotism, Perspective, Philosophy, Piety, Political, Politics, Poor, Possessions, Power, Powers that be, Prayer, Present, Prison, Privilege, Prophet, Questioning, Questions, Racism, Radical, Rage, Reality, Reconciliation, Relationships, Religious, Responsibility, Resurrection, Revolution, Rich, Risk, Sabbath, Sacred, Science, Security, Sexism, Society, Solidarity, Songs, Soul, Spiritual, State, Status, Status Quo, Stewardship, Success, Suffering, Temptation, Theology, Time, Toledo, Truth, Unity, Unjust Laws, Values, Violence, Vulnerability, War, Wealth, Wisdom, Work, Worship
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POEM: Unfed Just Desserts
Poets are born, die, crushed by writer’s block or a cruel world, and are reborn again and again. The world can be a desert at times, sometimes worse. Yet, as a child, an infant in the arms of a mysterious … Continue reading
POEM: I Suspect
Here is a May Day poem, where metaphysical optimism crashes into empirical skepticism. Will we simply crash and burn? Or, will we rise like a Phoenix from the ashes? Stay tuned… I suspect I suspect God is The greatest Un-detective … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Art, Conundrum, Culture, God, Grace, History, Labor, Law, Life, Love, May Day, Mock, Optimism, Poems, Poetry, Power, Powers that be, Probability, Revolution, Science, Skepticism, Truth
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POEM: Chicago Transit Authority and Me – 147 to 4
I recently spent the week in Chicago while my Dad was in the hospital for major surgery. Travelling back and forth from the hospital involved going about 110 blocks on two busses, from the north end of downtown to the … Continue reading
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
Look Ma No Arms (Peace Dove picture) FUNNY PEACE DESIGN
Look Ma No Arms (Peace Dove picture)–FUNNY PEACE BUTTON Look Ma No Arms (Peace Dove picture)–FUNNY PEACE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Peace Signs, Top Pun Design Commentaries
Tagged Art, Buttons-Pins, cool design, Disarmament, Funny, Graphics, Kids, Mom, Peace Dove, Playfulness, Puns, Top Pun, Visual Puns
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Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Celebration
Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Celebration I just got back from the Toledo Martin Luther King Jr. Day unity celebration. I was delighted to see thousands of people celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, African American, Art, Celebrations, Christian, Community, Conflict, Creation, Death, Dream, Events, Evil, Family, God, Grace, Harmony, Hope, Humanity, Injustice, Jesus, Justice, Life, Martin Luther King Jr, Modern, Musings, Nature, Necessary Evil, Optimism, Pacifism, Paradoxes, Philosophical, Play, Political, Power, Religious, Respect, Skepticism, Society, Spiritual, Status, Status Quo, Suffering, Toledo, Unity, Violence, War, Work
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Mona Lisa Peace Smile – PEACE SYMBOL PEACE SIGN BUTTON
Mona Lisa Peace Smile–PEACE SYMBOL PEACE SIGN BUTTON Mona Lisa Peace Smile–PEACE SYMBOL PEACE SIGN BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, magnets, posters, … Continue reading →