Tag Archives: God

POEM: Seeking Haven — Deed On A Rival

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Top Pun

Here is a poem about our nation’s recalcitrance in welcoming immigrants and refugees. Wile we use cramped legalisms to incarcerate our hearts, many speak openly in racist and violent terms. I strongly suspect that we would do better as a … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Run Down on Lifting Up

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is a call to avoid running down those who seek to lift up. The poem has a tip of the hat to Dorothy Day and her infamous quote, “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be … Continue reading →

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POEM: From God Slips To My Years

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Top Pun

Here is yet another poem about the experience of writing poems, or transcribing them from a muse. From God Slips To My Years In what manor May we discuss the whether A poet or a stenographer In plaque-able quest in … Continue reading →

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POEM: Yours to Deicide

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Top Pun

Wile it doesn’t make cents for some, I see humanity is one. I strongly suspect that there is only one side. Thus, in a religious sense, any won that kills other children of God is ungodly. In some sense, killing … Continue reading →

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POEM: God Thirst

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Top Pun

This is a poet’s poem about the ineffable muse and singing her prays. God Thirst He was drunk In poetry An outspoken unspoken word artist And still Imbibe Hymn As well

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POEM: A Queer World

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is about the queer reality that if there were not homophobia, I would not have been born, as my Dad is gay. Only the rejection of his sexual orientation and the societal “need” to enter a “heterosexual” marriage … Continue reading →

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POEM: Still Quiet Powerful

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem captures a funny perspective that I have on atheists. I definitely feel for people with agnostic perspectives; though I see it as a bit indecisive. On the other hand, I see atheists as carrying their certainty a bit … Continue reading →

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POEM: True Story

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Top Pun

Perhaps the best Dad joke ever told. True Story Won time In Bible study We were discussing the whether A human can see the face of God And live The reverend said know Buuuuttt Being made In His image According … 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: Dread Full Theology

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Top Pun

This funny little poem illustrates just how far my mind goes to set up a pun. WARNING: this poem gets a little hairy. Dread Full Theology So, you think God is dead? I am not sure But I do know … 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 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: That Fine Line

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Top Pun

Life is complicated. Many of us use this as a rationalization to avoid decisive action. This can leave us in a morass of moral confusion. If we a fine line a ledge, the slightest movement may result in profoundly different … Continue reading →

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POEM: Oh Israel, Unequivocally State Fallowed Script Her

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Top Pun

I have always admired the Torah and Old Testament perpetual reminders of “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,” and the precept, “You shall not oppress … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Broke In Heart

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is another meditation on a chronically broken heart, busted wide open, caught a mist the beauty of awe creation and the cruelty of the whirled. My heart poors into the world with awe that cannot be contained. The … Continue reading →

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POEM: Engendering God

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Top Pun

I have found at times that people seem more able to describe who God isn’t than who God is. Of course, discussing the nature of God at all is problematic. As I often say, there is only one thing more … Continue reading →

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POEM: Bread A Loan

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a meditation on making money, positing that we should make enough money to live but should seek to stay clear of the powerful drift and grift of money making you. Bread A Loan He sought to raze … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Largesse He Could Conceive

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Top Pun

Throughout human history, people have travelled great journeys seeking their fortune or fare share of fame. Modern families often spread out out across the country following jobs and careers, and the proverbial better life. These things all have there place, … Continue reading →

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POEM: Draft Registration Civil Disobedience, aka, Holy Obedience

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a poetic excerpt of my David and Goliath battle with the world’s most powerful superpower. Actually, Daniel in the lions’ den is more on mark. My refusal to register for the military draft back in the 1980’s … Continue reading →

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POEM: Conversion Raiding

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem contrasts two opposing world views, moral versus amoral, right versus might, serving God versus money, etc., etc. This poem presents the question of how won might convert the currency of one world view to the other. Of coarse, … Continue reading →

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