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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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Tag Archives: Gender
As ma Taut Me: Owed to Presence Scent
This Fall I strolled down to the Toledo Museum of Art with pen and composition book anticipating that I would find some inspiration for a poem. How true this turned out to be! As inspiration goes, it is often not … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems
Tagged Art, Commercial, Gender, Inspiration, Present, Toledo
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POEM: Straight Manly Complaining
Straight men are the primary perpetrators of homophobia. Straight men also drive the patriarchal and misogynist culture where women are subject (and object!) of the male gaze. This poem plays with these realities as a straight man gets a taste … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Culture, Gender, Homophobia, Women
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POEM: Buy Racial? Bi Gender?
This poem deals with the fiction of race and gender as distinct biological realities. Of course, as social constructs, race and gender have profound impacts on our lives together. Buy Racial? Bi Gender? They were neither Black nor white Yet … Continue reading
Feminist POEM: Me Too — Now A Brand Knew Whirled Of Daughters
They rise from along history Yet much more so from her story As tectonic plates ready to serve up Unseen Earthquakes From a thousand generations reserved in silence Now a brand knew Whirled of daughters A raze of sisters A … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awe, Catholic, Change, Civil Rights, Congress, Control, Crime, Denial, Discrimination, Employment, evangelicals, Experience, Faith, Feminist, Forgiveness, Future, Gender, Health Care, Hell, History, Holy, Immigration, Inspiration, Job, Justice, Labor, Law, Life, Me Too movement, Money, National, Ode, Poems, Poetry, Power, Prayer, Present, Progress, Sex, sexual assault, Silence, State, Status, Supreme Court, Time, Trust, Truth, Women, Workplace, Worldview
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Free Political Poster: PREZ DONALD TRUMP – To address school shootings we will now be teaching “fortress mentality” in all schools
Further militarization of an already over-militarized society is analogous to the infamous sociologist Homer Simpson declaring that alcohol is the cause and solution to all of our problems. We are a country drunk on hyper-masculinity that is toxic to peace … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Culture, Donald Trump, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Gender, Guns, Hypermasculinity, Justice, masculinity, Patriarchy, Political, rape culture, Responsibility, Security, sexual assault, Society, Time, Violence, Women
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Friendly Rant: Voting FOR Jill Stein NOT Wielding “Privilege”
Oddly, with the presidential candidates from the two dominant and domineering political parties setting new records for low approval, voting for anyone else is met with bafflingly high contempt. My friend, local activist, and Green Party Jill Stein supporter, Shannon Frye, … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Argument, Ballot, Children, Classism, Compassion, Crime, Culture, Defense, Democracy, Environmental, Equality, facebook, Family, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Food, Freedom, Future, Gender, Green Party, Hell, Hillary Clinton, History, Identity, Incarnation, Inequality, Jill Stein, Justice, Labor, Life, Logic, Medicaid, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Police, Political, Power, President, Prison, Privilege, Queer, Racism, Rage, Religious, Revolution, Security, Sex, Sexism, Sexuality, Silence, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Security, State, Time, Truth, Violence, Voting, War, Women, Work
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POEM: Awe That Is Fine Her
Sheez Know more than Know less than Then any won ails In whatever Whirled Privileged to breathe at awe Fenced buy abets Dis regarding Weather grate her Or less her As any won object Is any thing worth wile Over … Continue reading
REAL POLITICS, REAL CANDIDATE: Jill Stein 2016 Platform
IF you want a progressive presidential candidate that you can get excited about voting FOR, then Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate is worth serious consideration. Jill Stein has selected her Green Party running mate, Vice President choice, Ajamu Baraka. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authority, Ballot, Business, Capitalism, Change, China, Choices, Citizens, Citizenship, Climate Change, Commercial, Community, Congress, Constitutional Rights, Control, Corporate Personhood, Courage, Creation, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Culture, Death, Death Penalty, Debt, Defense, Democracy, Democrat, Disarmament, Discrimination, Disease, Diversity, Doctrine, drone, Economic, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Environment, Environmental, Equality, Family, Fear, Food, Free Speech, Free Trade, Freedom, Future, Gender, government, Green Party, Health Care, Health Insurance, History, Housing, Human Rights, Humanity, Immigration, Income, Israel, Jill Stein, Job, Jobs, Justice, Kids, Labor, Law, Learning, LGBT, Life, Living Wage, Meaning, Media, Medicare, Medicare for All, Mental Health, Military, Money, Mother Earth, National, NATO, Nonviolent, Nuclear Power, Nutrition, Obama, Palestine, Partisan, Patriot, Police, Police Brutality, Political, Politics, Pollution, Poor, Poverty, Power, President, Prevention, Prison, Progress, Public Health, Racism, Rage, Refugees, Religion, Responsibility, Rich, Russia, Security, Social Security, State, Status, Substance Abuse, Sustainable, Tar Sands, taxes, Terrorism, Violence, Voters, Voting, Wall Street, War, Wealth, Women, Work, Workplace
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POEM: Hippie Hippie Array!
I am A bohemian, man Razing consciousness wherever Or whatever I happen to wander about Are you Brushed off by my long hair While you suck it up All the err Straining awe of your shabby tension In the face … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Beauty, Consciousness, Demonstrators, Gender, Gift, Holy, Hope, Intellect, Joy, Lazy, Poems, Poetry, Spiritual, Superficial, Top Pun
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POEM: A Bout As Helpful
He axed Are you a Christian? Sow bound to answer I am Though that is a bout As helpful As siding the fact That I am American When in truth Such a confining chide Might only be a parent As … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Christian, Creation, Death, Evolution, Experience, Gandhi, Gender, Hindu, Life, Muslim, Nationalism, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Religion, Religious, Short Poems, Transcendent, Truth, Universe
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POEM: Owed To That Angelic Rainbow
Red of blood spilled From beautiful hearts Red of hatred Bearing queer fruit With sure fire weapons Crying Out Too much red in that angelic rainbow Never again! With only won possible Out Come In flaming community Solidarity pain the … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, News, Poems
Tagged Anti-Homophobia, Beautiful, Community, Enemies, Gender, Hate, Homophobia, LGBT, Love, Ode, Poems, Poetry, Pride, Queer, Solidarity
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POEM: They Knot His and Her — Owed To Gender Fluidity
They cross that strait When they get two it As engender queer In mirrorly two be Or knot too be This poem is an ode to gender fluidity, to anyone who looks in the mirror and sees a different gender … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Diversity, Equality, Female, Future, Gender, History, Identity, Justice, Life, Ode, Poetry, Political, Pride, Queer, Reactionary, Short Poems, Social Justice, Status, Status Quo, Time, Transgender
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POEM: Guileless
Many amen Follows Such a singular attraction As a guileless woman Unable to disguise Her own beauty More than Enough This poem is an ode to the singular beauty of each and every woman, with a special nod to the … Continue reading
POEM: Are You A Friend of Dorothy?
As a friend of Dorothy Day I wood ax More than won quest in A bout Her call As a tenet in passable saint hood As if a priest to nun Or mirror lay person Aborting gaiety As an infallible … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, News, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abortion, America, Atheist, Awe, Beautiful, Catholic, Church, Citizenship, Culture, Dogma, Dorothy Day, Dream, Dreams, Elite, Faith, Gender, God, Grace, Heart, Heaven, Holy, Image, Ironic, Jesus, Life, Love, Play, Poems, Poetry, Poor, Possibility, Poverty, Present, Privilege, Questions, Religious, Sacred, Solidarity, Soul, Status, Wealth, Women, Work, Worship
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POEM: In Possibility Incarnate
Alex created A work of art And Another Each infinitely improbable In possibility incarnate Bound only By certain desire One in many This poem is a mini-manifesto on art and the artistic process; hopefully, inducing some inspiration and incarnating some … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Awareness, Beautiful, Change, Character, Existential, Experience, Freedom, Gender, God, Heart, Inspiration, Life, Manifesto, masculinity, Meaning, Passion, Perspective, Poems, Poetry, Political, Possibility, Religion, Self-Awareness, Work
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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: Feminists Know Something
As a man One day I wondered How come there are so few Women politicians Women economists Women lawyers Then it occurred to me Maybe they know something we don’t The quest to understand the difference between men and women … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Balance, Control, Counter-Cultural, Curiosity, Experience, Female, Feminism, Feminist, Gender, Law, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Short Poems, Society, Vocation, Women, Work
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