Tag Archives: Life

POEM: Attrition Verses

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Top Pun

Much of the brutality in our world takes the form of a war of attrition, where “the more titanic of the two” calculates that they can outlast the damage to won an other. This raze to the bottom abodes well … Continue reading →

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POEM: Giant Chain of Keys

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a tribute to won of the keys of life, that is that the journey is more important than the destination. On a more earnest note, may integrity and honesty make a comfortable home in your character. On … Continue reading →

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POEM: I Adore

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Top Pun

I Adore I stumble up On the hows of awe people Soully to learn I adore That witch awe of life Is hinged And I am holy framed The truth of which I cannot bolt I am udderly dumb founded … Continue reading →

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POEM: Whether Proof Hope

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is another meditation on hope, timeless and timely. Hope seems to have a life of its own, and seams intent to share that life. Sew spread the knews. Whether Proof Hope Hope is its own kind Of fuelishness … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Rode Less Travailed

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Top Pun

While I have a grate deal of confidence in my well-founded opinions, I can get lost in sharing these opinions with those who have no interest in listening to them. Even if I am right, the shadow of self-righteousness can … Continue reading →

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POEM: That Fine Line

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Top Pun

Life is complicated. Many of us use this as a rationalization to avoid decisive action. This can leave us in a morass of moral confusion. If we a fine line a ledge, the slightest movement may result in profoundly different … Continue reading →

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POEM: Low to the Ground

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Top Pun

A phrase I use a lot to describe my daily mode of living is “low to the ground.” This includes aspects of living simply so others may simply live and playing the long game of generations-long struggles for justice. Also, … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Hole In My Well — Being

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a playful testament to the wellspring of nature, both of the natural world which makes our life possible and the human spirit which has the potential to uplift life and awe creation. Of course, there is an … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Thousand Poems A Go

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is another tip of the hat to the mystical muse that passes down poetry from on high. Poems often strike in the middle of the night or early morn. The hours are odd, but they are integral to … Continue reading →

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POEM: Tension All Humans

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Top Pun

If we want to be competent human beings on this planet, a founding document in our education and a basis for our collective life is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a … 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: The Largesse He Could Conceive

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Top Pun

Throughout human history, people have travelled great journeys seeking their fortune or fare share of fame. Modern families often spread out out across the country following jobs and careers, and the proverbial better life. These things all have there place, … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Bout Time

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Top Pun

A common complaint is that there is never enough time. Overbooking ourselves seems endemic. I have made an intentional effort over my life to create some space and time, allowing me to lead a less hurried and less forced life. … Continue reading →

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POEM — Bought Ensouled: Owed To Corporate Personhood

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Top Pun

Corporate personhood is a scam, edging out actual human persons. Many corporate souls are filed in bank vaults in Delaware, a safe house for corporate persons…and having official papers they feel free to take a dump on actual persons. Who … Continue reading →

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POEM: Unentitled Ekphrasis 247

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Top Pun

Ekphrasis is a description of a work of visual art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise. This ekphratic poem is about the classically unassuming (“unentitled”) still life painting of a bowl of fruit. Since this type of painting is … Continue reading →

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POEM: Occam’s Razor (as told by Gödel)

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Top Pun

Occam’s Razor is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. This funny and tragic poem is a parody of the misuse of the principle of Occam’s Razor to over-simplify and round … Continue reading →

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POEM: Conversion Raiding

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem contrasts two opposing world views, moral versus amoral, right versus might, serving God versus money, etc., etc. This poem presents the question of how won might convert the currency of one world view to the other. Of coarse, … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Big Rock in a Bigger Pond

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem plays with the metaphor of the many ripples of life set in motion by epic forces that set up an existential dance with the universe… A Big Rock in a Bigger Pond In mist of the universe Plunges … Continue reading →

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POEM: Here on Abet

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Top Pun

A mythic narrative that describes the arc of my life fairly well is the idea that I am here on a bet. More specifically, the bet was that, as in a previous life, I was a peasant scolding those living … Continue reading →

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POEM: Self-fulfilling Prophets

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem offers two visions of self-fulfilling prophets, one self-serving and destructive and the other building a humane community together. This poem is yet another version of my meditations on “means” and “ends.” Self-fulfilling Prophets Their whirled view Is punishing … Continue reading →

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