Tag Archives: Heart

POEM: A Bit Touched

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Top Pun

Some people claim that people who are a bit disturbed are more creative. This may be true. Surly, I am a bit touched…as this poem would have it. A Bit Touched I was a bit down Taking me To the … Continue reading →

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POEM: Jackson Pollack Heart Work

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem was inspired by the image of my heart exploding and the splatter creating an unfathomable work of heart on any walls closing in on me. Jackson Pollack Heart Work I was cornered Awe round me I temped too … Continue reading →

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POEM: Owed to Muhammad Ali

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Top Pun

I wrote this poem after watching, again, my favorite documentary of all time: When We Were Kings. This film is about the leadup and spectacle that is known as the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire, the heavyweight boxing title … Continue reading →

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POEM: Father Violence

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Top Pun

In the wake of the Trump assassination tempt, a time to examine whatever flavor of violence we might, find attractive. Father Violence Search your heart America I am your father Slamming shots Wile preying for won’s enemies Something something is … Continue reading →

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POEM: Birds Peering

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Top Pun

Serenity is for the birds, and us as well. Pass it on… Birds Peering A bird peered With an offering Of divine note A bounty of songs One Just for me Ransoming my soul Sow if you hear A song … Continue reading →

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POEM: Proper Preying

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is based on a traditional Zen story of two very different perspectives on what was seemingly a straightforward thing, revealing the importance of our inner lives. The story pits two Zen monks, one who is a monk smoking, … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Head of Belief

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Top Pun

I’ve heard that the longest distance is from the head to the heart. This poem is one take on this. I’ve been known to get stuck in my head, even well-intentioned, disconnected from my heart. A Head of Belief He … Continue reading →

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POEM: What is De-served?

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Top Pun

In a grievance-filled whirled, there is often attention brought to rights violations, particularly when it is one’s own rights that are violated. Of course, rights are meaningless without responsibilities to secure those rights. This is where the chasm in securing … Continue reading →

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POEM: People of Consequence

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Top Pun

Our actions have consequences. We are people of consequence. The ends are determined by the means. Unfortunately, the inanity in our culture, which may, much of the time, seem harmless in it meaninglessness, meets up with epic crimes against humanity. … Continue reading →

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POEM: An Eve with Netanyahu

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Top Pun

As President Biden campaigns on a pro-democracy platform against the corrupt Donald Trump, he is tag teaming genocide in Gaza with his long-time friend, the corrupt Israeli PM Netanyahu, the “Bibi” brain and heart of the military onslaught and deadly … Continue reading →

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POEM: God’s Preferential Option

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Top Pun

I have learned that an open heart is a broken heart. A common reaction to pain, stress, or trauma is to close down as a defense mechanism. While the world has plenty of pain, stress, and trauma, a healthy response … Continue reading →

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POEM: Heart Confetti

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Top Pun

My heart breaks, particularly when US cannot brake genocide. Heart Confetti My heart Shatters A billion peaces Shuttered Once helled To gather Now veinly hoping Fore a body politic And singular victory A party to genocide And ticker tape prayed

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POEM: My Mine Racing

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Top Pun

This poem is about slowing down that racing mind and mining that quiet repose and relaxed contemplation. My Mine Racing Oh my My My mine Raced From that first Slap On the bottom Lyin’ Welcome too A whirled Up side … 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: Replete the Sounding Joy!

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Top Pun

The inane static of life often drowns out the good works and awesome joy that undergirds and fuels those “of us” who are building a better world day by day. May your good works and joy be abundant and contagious. … Continue reading →

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POEM: Letting Loose Averse

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a meditation on the notion of a broken heart opening up and oozing life despite whatever hurts may be experienced. Letting Loose Averse I let loose averse Only too here What may happen As words sore So … Continue reading →

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POEM: Believe Ability

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Top Pun

As you may know, I am a convicted felon, for refusing to register for the military draft, way back in the 1980’s when draft registration was reinstituted. I found such a mandate offensive to my conscience and world peace. I … 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: Tears in My Soul

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a mournful riff on the destructive grievance politics of the so-called right. Of course, what is left is left, with love and hope remaining to knit life wince agin. Tears in My Soul Where divides multiply As … Continue reading →

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POEM: Locked in Prism

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is inspired by one of the things I learned in prison: that everybody there is innocent. Of course, by this I mean that everybody claims to be innocent. I learned that this phenomenon is rooted in the notion … Continue reading →

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