Tag Archives: Awe

POEM: Matrix™ Evolution®

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: It’s Time

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Top Pun

This short poem is a particular melding of my love of poetry and work for social justice. It’s Time There is a time for awe things And awe things knot There is a time for writing poetry And for righting … Continue reading →

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POEM: Monstrous Hope

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Top Pun

Hope is an awesome thing, not for the timid. If we don’t find hope, hope may just hunt us down and swallow us whole. Monstrous Hope Hope is some kind Of monster Who metes us awe With gaping jaw Where … Continue reading →

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POEM: Due Doo?

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Screw the All Gore Rhythm

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: I’m Mutable Soul

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Top Pun

Is humanity a rounding error? You be the judge — or not. I’m Mutable Soul I wondered Agin and agin Do I have a soul Imbued in this dust and water Sow muddied In regard To such square metaphysical ponderings … Continue reading →

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POEM: What Counts?

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Gobble Gobble Gobble

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: The Dumbest Thing I Ever Metaphor

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: The Die is Cast

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Top Pun

Life is a gamble. Play the roll you got, or the roll will play you. The Die is Cast So it is said And can knot be Taken aback The die is cast Weather mettle mulled Or fortune’s gambol As … Continue reading →

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POEM: That Hire Power

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Top Pun

Sometimes when I due things my weigh, it just leads me back to the eternal truth that things work out better when I employ awe. That Hire Power That hire power Put me on Notice Halve it my weigh A … Continue reading →

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POEM: Replete the Sounding Joy!

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Top Pun

The inane static of life often drowns out the good works and awesome joy that undergirds and fuels those “of us” who are building a better world day by day. May your good works and joy be abundant and contagious. … Continue reading →

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POEM: Unentitled Number Two

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Attrition Verses

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Believe Ability

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: Making Shit Up

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Top Pun

Weather to tell the truth or not? Forecast for today: shit flying, and the gravity of this doubted. The largesse of falsehoods seem ingrate supply in daze like this. Grievance politics seems as worth wile as cache. This poem may … Continue reading →

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POEM: Beating The Conundrum

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: A Fete for Awe Time

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Top Pun

Whatever time we have is a gift, the greatest of which is the present. Now is the the time for gratitude. Now is the time for love. Now is the time to dance. A Fete for Awe Time Is it … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Stub

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Top Pun

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 →

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POEM: I Adore

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Top Pun

I Adore I stumble up On the hows of awe people Soully to learn I adore That witch awe of life Is hinged And I am holy framed The truth of which I cannot bolt I am udderly dumb founded … Continue reading →

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