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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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- POEM: What Cannot Be Forest Upon Mother Nature
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- LOVE POEM: The Her and Now
- LOVE POEM: Stolen Goods
- POEM: Dyslexic Write Wringer
- POEM: That Clarity Amidst Blood
- POEM: God’s Tell
- FREE POSTER: T-rump, BIG MOUTH, tiny hands, Breaks Shit
- UNIMPEACHABLE POEM: When Conspiracy Makes a Perfect Call
- POEM: Goddest of Dreams
- POEM: BS Meters
- POEM: Loyalty Oafs
- An Apparently Unimpeachable POEM: If Only It Were Just Bazaar
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Tag Archives: Joke
UNIMPEACHABLE POEM: When Conspiracy Makes a Perfect Call
When Conspiracy Makes a Perfect Call The Democrats made me Due it In the end only Tempted bribery In awe I did In competence My soul motive Buy partisan ship A condemn nation urned As just US done With all … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Awe, Conspiracy, Donald Trump, Impeachment, Joke, Partisan, Partisanship, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, President, Satire, Soul
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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 CARTOON: CEO Jesus Retirement Plan
CEO Jesus: You Had Me At The Retirement Plan After a long hiatus, CEO Jesus is back. This comic was inspired by a poem I wrote recently: At Jesus, Inc. I came for the love and mutuality I stayed for … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Free Stuff, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings, Political Cartoons
Tagged America, Cartoon, Christian, Christianity, Church, Comics, Death, Jesus, Joke, Love, Martyrdom, Nonviolent, Palestinian, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Powers that be, Prophet, Questions, Radical, Religion, Revolutionary, Risk, Security, Short Poems, State
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POEM: Opportunity Accost
Having arrived Delivered by a private message The bad knews Out of the weigh Surrounded Only Good news ahead Able to attack On any affront This poem is based on an old joke, that goes something like this: The courier … Continue reading
POEM: Wee Lives
Wee live In a whirled Determined To be Or not to be Making head weigh At an impassable gait In effable hustle A jeer of our peers That hurry can knock us down Or give momentary flights Holding out that … Continue reading
POEM: The Awe Might He Acorn
The acorns fall Like reign From above As the mighty yoke is broken Flailing to grasp the gravity of the situation Each won A tiny oak Tolled by nature If only Such nuts Can hold there ground And a void … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, Art, Awe, Experience, Fear, Future, Hope, Job, Joke, Life, Meaning, Muse, Nature, Normal, Perspective, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Probability, Scarcity, Toledo
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POEM: A Scarecrow’s Doo
My life is very Scuffed up Round the edges Hither too Better than A scarecrow Keeping Snobs a way As they brood Over heir dues Wile They are off Making hay Their own Abrade Turning straw men Into goaled Only … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Character, Consciousness, Conventional Wisdom, Culture, Efficiency, Gift, Humanity, Inane, Joke, Life, Love, Meaning, Money, Ode, Poems, Poetry, Poor, Possibility, Productivity, Sex, Status, Stereotypes, Superficial, Temptation, Time, Western Civilization, Wisdom
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POEM: Big Bang Burrito®
Under a first rate inquisition I mussed a test I don’t know If God Can make A bean burrito so big That God can’t Eat it Such a peerless quest in May be Scorn points with sum To be little … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, Authority, Curiosity, Employment, Experience, God, Image, Jewish, Joke, Mind, Mock, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Questioning, Questions, Religion, Spiritual, Spirituality, Stupid, Time, Universe
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POEM: Not The Usual Joke
A Hindu A Muslim A Christian And a Jew Walk into a bar And the bartender says Greetings, Mr. Gandhi Let me guess You don’t want “the usual” This short poem takes the format of a common joke. However, one … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, Albert Schweitzer, Buddhism, Buddhist, Change, Christian, Compassion, Enlightenment, Experience, Freedom, Funny, Gandhi, God, Heart, Hindu, History, Joke, Life, Logic, Love, Muslim, Mystic, Passion, Poems, Poetry, Power, Present, Psychology, Religion, Religious, Short Poems, Slavery, Soul, Theology, Time, Transcendence, Truth, Universe, Violence
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POEM: Seriously?!
The Zen master was nearly Finished with his instruction When he got to non-seriousness I was greatly relieved For I was taking nothing He was saying Seriously This short poem gets at one of the great paradoxes of enlightened spirituality: … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Attitude, Blessed, Buddhist, Compassion, Counter-Cultural, Culture, Cynical, Disease, Enlightenment, Experience, Faith, Freedom, Fundamentalism, God, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Humor, Hypocrisy, Ideology, Joke, Life, Logic, Materialism, Materialist, Militant, Mind, Mystic, Mysticism, Nature, Paradoxes, Passion, Philosophy, Play, Playfulness, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Power, Reality, Religious, Respect, Rules, Sacred, Science, Short Poems, Spiritual, Spirituality, Tao, Theology, Time, Transcendence, Transcendent, Zen
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POEM: Less Than Eternal Question
The Rev. Medley Had risen To the highest position He would ever It was only down from there An awe too common Occupational hazard Of moderate irony And accumulating lessens Just falling short Of making one cross Facing that less … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Buddhist, Christian, Christianity, Church, Conventional Wisdom, Death, Elite, Faith, Fear, God, Irony, Jesus, Joke, leadership, Life, Living Simply, Living Wage, Materialism, Meaning, Meditation, Modern, Murder, Nature, Power, Questions, Reality, Religious, Revolution, Revolutionary, Risk, Silence, Spiritual, State, Time, Truth, Wealth, Western Civilization, Wisdom
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POEM: Atlantis Rules
Atlantis Rules The young Atlantean The imprudent progeny Of the now forgotten Famed experimental physicist father Was more infamous Than his fabled land In pawning his dad’s curiosity And not taking his mother’s quiet advice A lot on his plate … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Cautionary Tale, Curiosity, Facts, Family, Funny, History, Joke, Mind, Parodies, Physics, Poems, Poetry, Rules, Short Poems, Time, Truth, Whimsical
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POEM: It’s About Time
One day I had a dream God came to me and said Meet me tomorrow at 4:32 pm On the bench In the small park At the corner of Ashland and Collingwood Near your home You have something I want … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, Christmas, Commercial, Consumption, Dream, Foolish, God, Humanity, Jesus, Joke, Modern, Perspective, Poems, Poetry, Poor, Present, Reality, Rich, Soul, Time, Wealth, Worldview
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POEM: Of Cucumbers and Fences
The punk was going to take My cucumber From my fence So I clutched My trusty shotgun And I fired a shot Way over his head He scattered like so much buckshot Having triggered his nerves Like a fresh kill … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, Attitude, Awareness, Conflict, Death, Experience, Fear, Generosity, God, Heart, Joke, Labor, Law, Lazy, libertarian, Life, Poems, Poetry, Pride, Respect, Scarcity, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Time, Trust, Truth, Violence, Work
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POEM: Blood Donor
Blood Donor I work 24/7 365 days a year I work holidays and vacations I even work in my sleep I am a blood donor My work is a gift Enrichness Serving what is but hours The miracle of life … Continue reading
POEM: Same Old Hope
He said, “Wow, you’re the same old hopeful person.” I said “Yes, and somewhat dyslexic. I’m a Samo Hopien” This short poem doubles as a bad joke. Appropriately so, my dyslexia is in tandem with the double vision of punning. … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems
Tagged Abundance, Chaos, Creativity, Cruelty, Gandhi, Gift, Hope, Integrity, Joke, Justice, Learning, Life, Meaning, Mind, Poems, Poetry, Psychology, Short Poems, Social Justice, Top Pun, Work
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POEM: Efficiency Expert
The efficiency expert asked me How many poems can I write Per hour Well, if I only Had but one hour I would guess a singular poem Western civilization seems obsessed with efficiency. Of course, high efficiency is no guarantee … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Blessed, Courage, Dream, Efficiency, God, Hope, Humor, Integrity, Joke, Joy, Life, Love, Mind, Modern, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Scientific Reductionism, Short Poems, Success, Thoreau, Time, Trust, Western Civilization
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POLITICAL CARTOON: Comedian Jesus – Love Your Enemies
Comedian Jesus Speaks! Welcome to Comedian Club Jesus! This is the latest installment the Top Pun series of comics that run on Sundays, featuring CEO Jesus, Free Market Jesus, Country Club Jesus, General Jesus, Comedian Jesus, and who knows what … Continue reading