Tag Archives: Life

POEM: Taking Auction

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Top Pun

I’ve been no’in to say, “If you are going to sell your soul, make sure you get a good price.” There are people of auction. There are people of action. Be the latter, taking us to a higher place. Taking … Continue reading →

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POEM: Catchy Zzzz’s

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Top Pun

I see much of life as a struggle to maintain a vigorous consciousness and cultivate a vital, life-affirming conscience. I see the powers that be as offering a vain, numbing “contentment,” free of inconvenient or uncomfortable realities. Security becomes distancing … Continue reading →

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POEM: You Are Not a Loan

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Top Pun

A poem for those who have crushing student loan debt… You Are Not a Loan Do the bankers still have a crush on you Even after having Taken you To school Bank rolling The best daze of your life Only … Continue reading →

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POEM: Falling for It — Coming Down to Munch Time, “The Scream”

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Top Pun

There is a Buddhist metaphor for life, that we are in a freefall from a cliff, and that learning to relax during this freefall is the key to life. I am not one much attracted rollercoasters and the like, but … Continue reading →

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POEM: Capital Punishment for Abortion?!

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Top Pun

This is a poem I wrote a while back when a state legislature proposed capital punishment for abortion. Perhaps a low for the so-called “pro-life” forces. Hey alleged “pro-lifers,” I raze you, an end to capital punishment and an end … Continue reading →

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POEM: Take a Collective Breath

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a rare combination of my life as a poet and a public health worker. This poem juxtaposes the personal option of some to choose organic food but the collective difficulty of choosing clean air. Some times we … Continue reading →

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POEM — Re: lax

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Top Pun

Doing doing doing seems to be addiction in our culture, especially when compared to spending time in less goal-driven states. I suspect that relaxing and letting go could free up deeper harmonies in life with perhaps a surprising effect: making … Continue reading →

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POEM: Yes

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Top Pun

Life is full of possibilities. Exploring them is an unending quest. Saying, “YES,” is a good start. Yes He new That it was A once In a life Time Experience Plus One May say What he didn’t no Could fill … Continue reading →

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POEM: Rube Goldberg Rubes

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a commentary on ingenuously using overly complicated machinations and demagoguery to achieve simple and base desires of greed and power. This sad state of affairs is empowered by a sufficient pool of fools, or rubes. The poem’s … Continue reading →

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POEM: Matrix™ Evolution®

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a riff on on the Matrix movie franchise, of which one was entitled, “Matrix Revolutions.” This poem plays with the notion of incremental change as often inadequate when facing epic existential choices, and the daunting all-ternative. Matrix™ … Continue reading →

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POEM: Clicks and Cliques

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Top Pun

A poem speaking out against monetizing useless or harmful clicks and against tribalism in all of its forms… Clicks and Cliques How ever unsure won may be Regarding what is The measure of a life You can wrest assured Is … Continue reading →

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POEM: Wed to Individualism

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Top Pun

In this here somewhat United States, individualism breeds divide and conquer, leaving US, out standing in its field. Wed to Individualism Teeming with victory a loan May the best man win Baring that wring That makes life worth wile Face … Continue reading →

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POEM: Semi-Quiet Neighborhood — Ode to I-75

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Top Pun

I often wake up to the sound of traffic on I-75 about a half mile from my house. I yearn for quiet in my life. I mourn the impossibility of true quiet in the city. I also no that addiction … Continue reading →

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POEM: Screw the All Gore Rhythm

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Top Pun

One of my monikers in life is “screw the algorithm,” in rebellion to the lifeless calculations that often subtract from humanity and divide humanity. This poem is such a rebel cry. Screw the All Gore Rhythm The death machine is … 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: The Hit and Myth Nature of Cautionary Tales

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Top Pun

Indigenous peoples have a legendary way of introducing stories: “This story may not have happened, but that doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true.” This is a way of pointing out that mere facts are not the only material for … Continue reading →

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POEM — Hemlocking the Socratic Method [Curiosity Killed the Hepcat]

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Top Pun

I am very curious. Life intrigues me. I am also a critical thinker, and, at times, others view me as contrary. I do seem to have a gift for seeing contradictions. Most of the time, I like playing around with … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Die is Cast

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Top Pun

Life is a gamble. Play the roll you got, or the roll will play you. The Die is Cast So it is said And can knot be Taken aback The die is cast Weather mettle mulled Or fortune’s gambol As … 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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