Tag Archives: Awe

POEM: Juggernaut of Whimsy

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a tribute to the unstoppable spirit of the muse immersing me in whimsy. Juggernaut of Whimsy It came out Of know wear As if The whirled was over Flowing With hi spirits An immense see Giving me … Continue reading →

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POEM: Base Squared

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Top Pun

One of my recent pet peeves is cable TV news in what seems to be am over-focus on Donald Trump, to the exclusion of the rest of the many intriguing and important things going on in the world. Ironically, these … Continue reading →

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POEM: Genuflecting On – Power

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Top Pun

Have you ever wandered a bout a whirled where brutishness is rewarded and kindness forsaken? Genuflecting On: Power Demagogues and brutes Are marred to espouse Moral gravity A moral farce A raze to the bottom The principle of simpletons That … Continue reading →

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POEM: Grizzled Prospector

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about the difficult prospecting in life for goaled. There are many treasures to be discovered and re-discovered, even as life occasionally collapses upon us. Of course, each time we get through to the other side, however grizzled, … Continue reading →

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POEM: Simply Living

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem regarding simple living and simply living is about simply valuing people over things. Such an anti-consumerist lifestyle recognizes that increasing materialism edges out, and often runs roughshod over, our shared humanity. May we live ever aware and valuing … Continue reading →

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POEM: Bastard Won and Awe

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a tribute to that parent of us awe, oddly making us sort of bastards, yet siblings to all. Feel free to join this family of virtues. Bastard Won and Awe I am A bastard Fodder to none … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Muse

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about the muse striking when she sees fit, or knot. The pandemic was quiet a dry spell for my poetry, partly because my time and creative energies where engaged in my public health radio show. Still, I … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Whole In My Soul

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about living in the grievously beautiful realty that a truly open heart is a broken heart. I wrote this poem years ago, and now I have come to understand that my heart is broke in, as in … Continue reading →

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POEM: The N Times? An Ode Too AI

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Top Pun

Here is a poem a bout AI, artificial intelligence. This is a poem with ATTITUDE!  Today’s news included this: Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission. With this poem, I throw down the gauntlet to … Continue reading →

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POEM: Song of The Octopus

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about having creative energies that are not honored and rewarded in our culture. Such creative energies may have difficulty finding channels to flow freely. This poem employs a magnificently mixed metaphor of an imagined Octopus’ Garden (Thank … Continue reading →

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POEM: Mine, Mine, Mine

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Top Pun

Dehumanizing extractive industries are destroying our environment, second only to climate change. Mining is a huge part of extractive industries’ destruction. And, ironically, the technologies needed for a green economy require immense quantities of minerals that drive the “green, green, … Continue reading →

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POEM: Family Photo Finish

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Top Pun

When NATO gathered today to pronounce the initiation rituals and well-titrated accosts for Ukraine to join “the family,” I couldn’t help but feel that there was a little too much cheer leading the ordinariness of military buildups. To that a … Continue reading →

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POEM: Blue Light Unspecial

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a bout blue light from electronic devices that stimulate our brains, and not necessarily our souls. Blue light interferes with falling asleep.  Blue light is an evolutionary newcomer dominating our nervous system, in contrast to night skies … Continue reading →

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POEM: Seniority

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Top Pun

A short poem on aging well… Seniority I used to be Young and unafraid Now I am Just Old and unafraid I suspect that one of the most pivotal dynamics of aging is about fear and conformity. It seems that … Continue reading →

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POEM: Israel Boldly Squashes Refugee Camp — Owed to as Easy as Pi

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem goes out to all of the Palestinians bulldozed over and shot in Jenin, particularly the “permanent” refugee camp, by Israeli farces. May this poem become outmoded. Unfortunately, this poem has been written over and over through generations. Israel … Continue reading →

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POEM: Iraq and a Hard Place

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem tells a story — a story of patriotic fervor in slaughtering America’s foes. This story was told to me by a retired Grumman engineer, a literal rocket scientist and career military-industrialist. His story was prefaced by a glorious … Continue reading →

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POEM: The World and Change

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Top Pun

This is a poem of hope and resistance. I find it easy to ponder all of the scary challenges the world offers. I sometimes need to remind myself that a deep understanding of how the world doesn’t work also comes … Continue reading →

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POEM: Humble Chic – “Yet I am poor, because I am a river to my people.”

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a tip of the hat to the movie, Lawrence of Arabia, where Lawrence is schooled by his Arab friend after claiming that he is a mere servant. His friend recounts many epic deeds and concludes: “Yet I … Continue reading →

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POEM — Wisdom Verses: Foolishness

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Top Pun

Partnering with artificial intelligence, AI, may be check mate for humanity… Wisdom Verses: Foolishness In loo Of our search for actual intelligence Wee will Be dethroned Buy artificial intelligentsia Knot knowing jack A john rolled by its trick A carnival … Continue reading →

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POEM: Abridge Too Far

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Top Pun

A poem about censorship, raising its ugly head again in America: Abridge Too Far With some seriously grievous squares How do we turn This censor ship round With their blank novel arguments Cons truing Selective fictions Partisan death sentences And … Continue reading →

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