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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: God
POEM: Macaroni Art
Has it ever occurred to you That your life’s work is but Macaroni art Only then realizing That it is covering God’s refrigerator And how great that is This poem touches upon a number of themes: humility, self-confidence, perfectionism and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, God, Grace, Humility, Life, Perfectionism, Poems, Poetry, Relationships, Short Poems, Work
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Testimony for National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service — END DRAFT REGISTRATION
I prepared the below testimony to present at a public meeting in Chicago before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, a commission created by Congress to deal with questions of draft registration, most specifically, whether to end … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Health, News, Peace, Peace Signs, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, and Public Service, Balance, Blessing, Business, Change, Character, Charity, Children, Choices, Citizens, Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, Coercion, Community, Compulsion, Congress, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Control, Cowardice, Creation, Crime, Culture, Democracy, Draft Registration, Education, Elite, Employment, Enemies, Evil, Experience, Failure, Faith, Family, Farce, Fear, Female, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, Future, Gandhi, God, government, Grace, Haiti, Heart, History, Holy, Honesty, Hope, Hospitality, Human Rights, Humanity, Ideals, Idolatry, Inspiration, Ironic, Jesus, Job, Justice, Labor, Law, Life, Love, Meaning, Media, Mennonite, Mercy, Military, Modern, Moral, Murder, Muslims, National, National Commission on Military, National Security, Nature, Necessary Evil, Noncombatants, Obedience, Patience, Peacemakers, People of The Book, Perspective, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Present, President, Prison, Public Health, Questions, Radical, Reality, Refugees, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Resistance, Rhetoric, Risk, Rules, Russia, Sacred, Security, Selective Service System, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Suffering, Supreme Court, Surreal, Terrorism, Time, Toledo, Truth, Values, Violence, War, Women, Work, Worship
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FREE POSTER: GOP Greedy Old Perverts Sexual Predator-in-Chief Donald Trump and Roy Moore
Dirty old men, predominantly dirty old white men, are running rampant throughout our culture and politics. A long overdue push back is underway as many powerful sexual predators are finally being held to some account. The cutting edge of this … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Gay, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authoritarian, Beautiful, Children, Christian, Community, Conservative, Conspiracy, Crime, Culture, Democrat, Donald Trump, Enemies, Fascism, free poster, Free Posters, Future, God, GOP, Hypermasculinity, Hypocrisy, Illegal, Justice, Kids, Lawyer, Lifestyle, Martyrdom, Military, Minorities, Moral, Muslim, National, Nationalism, Nature, Nazi, Normal, Patriarchy, Political, Politics, Power, Present, President, Reactionary, Redemption, Religious, Republican, Revolution, Rhetoric, Right-Wing, Roy Moore, Sex, sexual assault, Socialism, State, Success, Supreme Court, Time
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Senator ROB Portman “The GRINCH” Putting The ROB in Christmas
This free political poster is inspired by the pathetic and horrific tax cuts for the rich that congressional Republicans are pushing like crack for the wealthy this Christmas season. The Senate Republican bill even includes a repeal of the individual … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Christmas, Citizens, Debt, Economy, Equality, Fear, free poster, Free Posters, God, Grace, Greed, Grinch, Health Care, Health Insurance, Holy, Hope, Income, Love, Money, Obama, Outrage, Parity or Parody, Political, Politics, Poor, Republican, Revolution, Rich, Satire, Sen. Rob Portman, taxes, Toledo, Voters
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POEM: Owed To Stormi, The Poetess
It was a dark and stormy night The starry heavens Replaced by blinding light Striking as lightning Startling awe But the bravest From places unseen With undeniable power Sow ready to rumble Reigning like a queen Poet, poet her, poetess … Continue reading
MUST READ POEM: Incarcerated Truth
MUST READ POEM: Incarcerated Truth But for the slip of the tongue There could be Having Been given The slip of paper With a key Too incarcerated truth Knot to be Read aloud There is know God Many of the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Conundrum, Experience, God, Life, Meaning, Silence, Spiritual, Tao, Truth
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A Spiritual Autobiography
I wrote the below spiritual autobiography a dozen years ago as part of a servant leadership study group. While it definitely needs updating, it serves well as a brief overview of my spiritual history and development over much of my … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Gay, Health, News, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anxiety, Art, Authority, Beautiful, Bible, Blessed, Buddhism, Business, Catholic, Children, Christian, Church, Civil Disobedience, Conscience, Conscientious Objection, Conscription, Crude, Death, Diversity, Draft Registration, Environment, Events, Experience, Faith, Family, Food, God, government, Grace, Haiti, Healing, Heart, History, Holy, Hope, Humor, Irreverence, Jester, Job, Journey, Justice, Kids, Law, leadership, Liberal, Life, Love, Media, Mennonite, Military, Mind, Mom, Money, Mystic, Nutrition, Obedience, Pacifism, Pastor, Philosophy, Play, Poems, Political, Poor, Poverty, Powers that be, Prayer, President, Public Health, Religious, Reverence, Science, Security, Serenity, Social Justice, Spiritual, Stewardship, Success, Theology, Time, Top Pun, Truth, Vegetarianism, War, Work, World Hunger, Worship, Zen
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Self-Made Trump Has A Fool For A Maker
In Trumpian fashion, fool of irony, I quote myself: “A self-made man has a fool for a maker.” The man-child known as Donald Trump runs roughshod over the boundaries of lesser fools. He fashions his fashion as the boss of … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Beauty, Business, Citizens, Death, Debt, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economy, Elections, Enemies, Equality, Facts, Family, Fear, Foolish, God, government, Heart, History, Ideals, Image, Inequality, Irony, Kids, Law, Life, Meaning, Mind, Minority, National, Occupy Wall Street, Power, President, Privilege, Reality, Relationships, Respect, Rich, Rules, Russia, Secrets, Silence, Society, Stupid, Time, Trust, Truth, Wall Street, Wealth, Willingness, Women
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POEM: Tickling God’s Whiskers
He thought Too himself More or less THAT would tickle God’s whiskers Which was particularly funny Since God has no whiskers Un-less That is God is right Under your knows This short poem plays with the notion that God is … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Funny, God, Humor, Joke, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POLITICAL POEM: You Don’t Say, And Ever Prey
To every American YES The president no’s stuff That wee don’t Real lies Pinocchio without puppeteers Cyrano’s muzzle sow credible Undisclosed pickings of boogie men Obscuring a lode of crop Not too be shared Impolite company Helled as rue’d or … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Capitalism, Celebrity, Civil Rights, Democracy, Donald Trump, Freedom, God, government, Journey, Love, Money, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, President, Propaganda, Public Goods, Rhetoric, Soul, Trust, Truth, Violence, Voting
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POEM: Hell In A Handbasket
I would rather live… In a trailer That proverbial mobile homme Seeing stars when roofs are razed And nothing but realty at my back As awe of creation is present As I am Looked down upon Wading patiently fore that … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Bible, Conundrum, Conventional Wisdom, Creation, Culture, Evil, Existential, Faith, Fear, Foolish, God, Happiness, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Hope, Job, Life, Mock, Poems, Poetry, Present, Prison, Rules, Secrets, Silence, Soul, Status, Success, Time, Willingness, Wisdom
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POEM: Just Dew It
Round Mid night Countless drops Fall free In to the loving alms Of Mother Earth Making a mud pact With trees, meadow, and flower To dew wet sow ever They thirst for Life has an incredible capacity for renewal. As … Continue reading
POEM: Unforgettable
She was a spark Spanning but instant generations Clothed in stardust Naked to that place before birth and after death As thought of God Less of a dream More of a smile Merging within that space-time continuum On the face … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Control, Death, Defense, Dream, Experience, God, Hope, Joy, Life, Love, Mystical, Nature, Present, Time, Vulnerability
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HOPE POEM: Why God Invented Dark
God invented dark As a respite From high noon That searing sun Of which mortal men are made To see Sow much more Innumerable lofty stars Unseen in mere day dreams Beyond won’s highest hopes Awe at once A mist … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, Awareness, Awe, Choices, Control, Death, Diversity, Donald Trump, Dreams, Existential, Fear, God, Heart, Hope, Life, Mind, Moral, Nature, Opposites, Paradoxes, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Present, Reality, Skepticism, Sleep, Time, Unity, Values
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POEM: Creator of Heaven Unearth
Oh God Awe might he Creator of heaven unearth Your sun trying to peer through What is mirrorly mist Between every human face Won and the same Unending cycles Set up for yielding What is seeing bye many As a … Continue reading
POEM: As Far As One Kin See
As far as one kin see It is a sin to crush some one’s body And infinitely greater sow to crush some one’s spirit In sum vain temped too raze awe questions Can God A-bridge Between infinitude and soully you … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Cynicism, Dreams, Enlightenment, Evolution, God, Helplessness, Hope, Humanity, Justice, Love, Ode, Questions, Soul, Violence, Work
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ACTIVIST POEM: Our Ayes Will Have It
She had Enough Of half-baked politicians She kneaded democracy Here and now As the yeast she could do Sounding off To those who might Listen Wee choir not A grand stand To lift every voice and sing Wringing well The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Blessed, Change, Death, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Faith, Fear, God, Greed, Heart, Heaven, Hope, Justice, Minorities, National, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Powers that be, Present, Privilege, Reactionary, Work
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Anti-GOP Pledge of Allegiance — Plague of Leeches on The Flag
With a wave of patriotic protests occurring during the national anthem, I thought that I would add the pledge of allegiance into the mix. Of course, this free poster is an anti-Republican, anti-GOP parody of the pledge of allegiance: Why … Continue reading →