Tag Archives: Awe

POEM: Mine Your Own Busyness

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Top Pun

Here is a poem about the sacred and profane journey toward presence of mind: Atop a mountain of undertakings He overlooked his guru Desperately wanting to be A little slower With deaf-defying pleas As the guru came fourth With quiet … Continue reading →

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POEM: Heir Conditioning a Burning Planet

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a playful romp of mixed metaphors surrounding the destruction of our planet through climate change. May Mother Earth and future generations find relief from this onslaught. Heir Conditioning a Burning Planet When the empire culls You out … Continue reading →

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POEM: Like Night and Day

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Top Pun

I am both a known provocateur, which can be a little challenging to others around me, and an insatiably curious observer and commenter on life, meaning no harm what sow ever. This poem plays with the inevitable misunderstandings that arise … Continue reading →

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POEM: Awe for One, and Won For All

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a reflection on the proposition of “you don’t have to live like a refugee” and living simply so others may simply live. May no one have to live like a refugee. Awe for One, and Won For … Continue reading →

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POEM: Political I con

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Top Pun

Here is some poetic justice for Donald Trump, aka The Don, an unworthy political icon. May we learn from his massive cautionary tail. Political I con From Fifth Avenue He shot Too star dumb All tolled Knot exactly a reality … Continue reading →

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POEM: Not Enough Knew Words

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is yet another tribute to the unfathomable, infinitely ineffable muse calling up new words and word plays to manifest her unending nature. Not Enough Knew Words Sew What’s up I can’t seam Too get my fill In this … Continue reading →

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POEM: Knot Sound – Owed to the Sound of a Cynic Being Borne

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Top Pun

Ever wonder what is the sound of a cynic being borne? Knot Sound: Owed to the Sound of a Cynic Being Borne When an angel gets their wings A bell rings You may have been tolled Sow harmless in a … Continue reading →

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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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