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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: The Problem with Violence
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- POEM: Awe is Not Lost
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- POEM: The Future, The Passed
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Tag Archives: Joke
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
POEM: What Does One Say After An Hour of Meditation?
What does one say after an hour of meditation? How about, “What’s for breakfast?” I like this two-line poem for many reasons. First, the poem contrasts the rather ethereal subject of meditation with the eminently practical need to eat and … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Experience, Joke, Love, Meditation, Mystical, Nature, Paradoxes, Poems, Poetry, Power, Short Poems
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