Tag Archives: Awe

POEM: Love Birds

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Top Pun

Back to nature. Forward to nature. Love Birds His life peered As an empty field Soully a tree Stray flowers A pair of birds Blades of grasses Up on closer inspection Colonies of bugs A myriad of life On the … Continue reading →

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POEM: Unfrock The World

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Top Pun

With this poem, I inaugurate won of my many titles: “The most write irreverend.” Unfrock The World I slammed it Hearty har hard In fool reveres Being soully in titled The most write irreverend Fore awe Who will hear The … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Bit Touched

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Top Pun

Some people claim that people who are a bit disturbed are more creative. This may be true. Surly, I am a bit touched…as this poem would have it. A Bit Touched I was a bit down Taking me To the … Continue reading →

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POEM: Jackson Pollack Heart Work

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem was inspired by the image of my heart exploding and the splatter creating an unfathomable work of heart on any walls closing in on me. Jackson Pollack Heart Work I was cornered Awe round me I temped too … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Man of Promise

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Top Pun

A poem of what is owed, what is the present, and what is yet to come… A Man of Promise “What is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love mercy, and to walk … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Salt & Battery

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is a meditation on that sense of being positively negative. There is something electric between positivity and negativity. I am a salt of the earth kind of guy, a dude abiding, and yet some people don’t take kindly … Continue reading →

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Talk of Freedom

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Top Pun

A lot of talk about freedom — less walking the walk. A lot of talk about grievance — less sacrificial action. Talk of Freedom Freedom Freedom Awe the talk today And the lessen of walk I am Not free And … Continue reading →

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POEM: I’m Mortal Hope

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Top Pun

Yet another poem about hope, in awe its fragile and enduring nature. I’m Mortal Hope Is it passable To murder hope What kind Of mettle Might it take Gold Silver Or mirror bronze As hope springs fourth Eternally Its resurrection … Continue reading →

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POEM: It Turns Out That Hope Is

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Top Pun

Hope is as persistent as cynicism — even more sow. It Turns Out That Hope Is Hope turned out To be a stale mate Or sow he helled Hope could not breach His impenetrable armor of cynicism Fretting over awe … Continue reading →

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POEM: Owed to Muhammad Ali

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Top Pun

I wrote this poem after watching, again, my favorite documentary of all time: When We Were Kings. This film is about the leadup and spectacle that is known as the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire, the heavyweight boxing title … Continue reading →

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POEM: Outer and Inner Space

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Top Pun

There is beauty know wear and every wear, awe at once. Outer and Inner Space I am in space Beautiful and mysterious A timeless see Beyond words I hear Only the breath of God And in the twinkle of an … Continue reading →

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POEM: Living Bye The Sword

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is won version of the hippie oath: There is no peace, peace is the way – A. J. Muste. Of course, as Buddha said: If you want to live, don’t follow me.” [slight paraphrase] Living Bye The Sword … Continue reading →

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POEM: Breaking Up is Hard Too Due

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Top Pun

The U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza continues. Mean wile, the Democrats are far more concerned about Biden’s debatable performance on stage. This is perhaps everything we need to know about their so-called defense of democracy, international law, and the purportedly sacrosanct … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Wake Sleepy Aheads

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem goes out to all nonviolent activists, particularly those who struggle with whether they make a difference or not. This poem is also a tip of the hat to this great quote: “If you think you are too small … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Day of Longing No More

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Top Pun

A solstice poem… A Day of Longing No More The longest day of the year And nothing too due He was well Grounded Sent to his roam Bye know won On the level Of ants Who never cry “uncle” With … Continue reading →

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POEM: Woo Who

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem reflects a bit on my skepticism of skepticism and my deep yearning to witness and participate in the long arc of love. Woo Who Their is Know subject Greater than You who Suspect Life as a Job Only … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Universe Winks

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Top Pun

Have you ever had the universe wink at you? The Universe Winks A thousand millennia ago Before you were A twinkle in your parents’ eyes A son of another galaxy Shone brightly In that precise direction Of whom you would … Continue reading →

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POEM: Our Fear Less Leader

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Top Pun

If aiding and abetting genocide does not make you unfit for the highest public office, then I don’t know what would. I am sick and tired of being told we have to vote for the least totally unfit candidate for … Continue reading →

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POEM: What is De-served?

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Top Pun

In a grievance-filled whirled, there is often attention brought to rights violations, particularly when it is one’s own rights that are violated. Of course, rights are meaningless without responsibilities to secure those rights. This is where the chasm in securing … Continue reading →

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POEM: Baby-ize

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Top Pun

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 →

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