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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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Tag Archives: Prophet
POEM: The Raze for Leadership
Is aiding and betting on genocide too reap a political win disqualifying for hire office, when the whole accost is pain by those being ethnically cleansed? What prophet is there in this? The Raze for Leadership They were axed To … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Genocide, leadership, Political, Prison, Prophet, Unity
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POEM: Owed to Muhammad Ali
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
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Conundrum, Creativity, Heart, History, Life, Poet, Poetry, Prophet, Religion, Time, Transcendent
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POEM: A Wake Sleepy Aheads
This poem goes out to all nonviolent activists, particularly those who struggle with whether they make a difference or not. This poem is also a tip of the hat to this great quote: “If you think you are too small … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, God, Life, Nonviolent, Prophet, Sleep, Truth
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POEM: Gaza, Eat It
This poem addresses the Gazan’s plight of living under siege in an open air prison, under massive military assault, including widespread bombing of civilians and civilian infrastructure. This poem highlights the genocidal assault, particularly the mass starvation as a result … Continue reading
POEM: A Kick in Arrears
There is a high accost to selling your soul. But, if you are going to sell your soul, make sure to get a high price. Nonetheless, playing such a game is costly to won and awe — and some debts … Continue reading
FREE POSTER: God is Love (with asterisk)
God is love. Period. In case you were wondering what the fine print says: it’s the Sermon on the Mount (below). I wanted the primary meaning of this poster to address and challenge the notion that God’s love has a … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Authority, Blessed, Children, Enemies, Evil, Faith, Food, Foolish, free poster, Gift, God, Hate, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Immorality, Jerusalem, Jesus, Labor, Law, Life, Love, Meaning, Mercy, Money, Moral, Morality, Murder, Peacemakers, Poor, Prison, Prophet, Sacred, Temptation, Time
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POEM: A Dubiously Fresh Pickle
They effaced a moral dilemma Support human rights Or economic favor A dubiously fresh pickle In a blue moon That hoary question Of prophets verses Profits And what they seed Their lukewarm revelation Hallowing out What we may no Knot … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Capitalism, Economic, Evil, Human Rights, Humanity, Life, Moral, National, Poems, Poetry, Political, Prophet, Responsibility, Surreal, Terrorism, War
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POEM: Promedica My Ass — Owed To Branding
Logos used Too mean Know ledge Like that age owed ad vice Would you jump off a bridge If every won ails did As in sayin’ Bye your good will As money oozes from the non-prophet, health care (sic) system … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Health, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Commercial, Community, Conundrum, Defense, Family, Gandhi, Genius, Health Care, Justice, Life, Living Wage, Love, Money, Mourning, Poet, Poetry, ProMedica, Prophet, Proprietary, Propriety, Resistance, Rich, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Tao, Time, Toledo
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POEM: Naught For Prophet Fun Razing
In the crucible Of the well-heeled And the, well, heeled He surrounded himself With corporate persons Naught for prophet organizations Possessed buy a cutting edge currency paper thin The filing and folding kind Their foundational hope Nay only hope To … Continue reading
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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Free MLK DAY Poster: Peace, Justice — Is It Just a Day Off?
I prefer celebrating the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. every day. Still, the annual MLK Day holiday gives U.S. pause to reflect on the ever-present message of America’s most notorious prophet of peace and justice: Is it just a … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Peace, Political Action
Tagged America, Enemies, free poster, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr, mlk day, Present, Prophet
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POEM: Speaking With Spoken Sword: Owed To Hungering Fore Anew ProMedica
The profit tiers Some how a peer To set the captives free Going won after the other Like mammon and famine As to somehow heel the ravenous As fiend and faux As sow appetite for the pauper reproach With such … Continue reading
POEM: To Abettor Portion: Owed To Math You 5:21-48
The shepherd pays dear Attention to his sheep As the sheep due Not follow suits But accompany prophets In ways safe from a peril That compound interest in the whirled As you have herd It said You shall not murder … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged algorithm, Awe, Character, Children, Conventional Wisdom, Debt, Dehumanizing, Evil, Fear, God, Grace, Hate, Heart, Heaven, Holy, Humanity, Ideology, Jesus, Joy, Life, Love, Murder, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Power, Powers that be, Prophet, Reality, Religion, Solidarity, State, Wisdom, Work, Worldview, Worship
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POEM: Unoriginal Sin
Thirst thing in the mourning Adam collided with Adam Agin and agin As taken aback As it was a hit Necessitating an equal Yet opposite reaction Recoiling for time in memorial Chastening to watch As if One clock to rule … Continue reading
POEM: Flagging Defeat
He had enough Privilege To ignore The increasingly grave mound Of white lies Worshiping some cruel over lode Surveying all that was once Theirs A teetering tower of babble Atop spinning Helled up only buy its careening whirled Mything the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awareness, Change, Constitutional Rights, Corporate Personhood, Creativity, Culture, Democracy, Denial, Direct Democracy, Economic, Elite, Events, Future, Heart, Humanity, Imperialism, Mind, Money, National, Nationalism, Ode, Political, Politics, Power, Privilege, Prophet, Racism, Resistance, Revolution, Rich, Slavery, State, Status, Status Quo, Time, Truth, War, Worship
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POEM: In What Seams Faultless
At certain moments I am left In a world Beyond That which is My own Speechless In what seams faultless Only to be Hereafter Unleashed After awe Unforked tongue Speaking freely To anyone who can Here Experiencing such presence Unfrayed … Continue reading
POEM: Just Desserts
I had a dream Where we lived In a world Where everyone got What they deserved I woke up And was pleased To recollect We receive More than we deserve This short poem is about grace. In more tight-fisted moments, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, Awe, Consciousness, Dream, Evil, Experience, Fear, Grace, Gratitude, Heart, Ironic, Jesus, Justice, Life, Moral, Perspective, Poems, Poetry, Prophet, Punishment, Reality, Short Poems
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POEM: We Won’t Be Food Again
I would rather Be Job Less than Renounce A living wager And know place to lie My head My heart Made homeless In loo of A fast fooled nation For going The beast Wee Can due Hitched to number one … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, America, Ancient, Authority, Awe, Balance, Business, Capitalism, Change, Children, Community, Compassion, Consumerism, Conundrum, Counter-Cultural, Creation, Culture, Debt, Dehumanizing, Discrimination, Disease, Disenfranchised, Dream, Dreams, Economic, Elite, Employment, Enemies, Equality, Experience, Failure, Faith, Family, Food, Forgiveness, Freedom, Gandhi, Genius, God, government, Harmony, Hate, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Hope, Income, Inequality, Intimacy, Jesus, Job, Jobs, Journey, Justice, Labor, Law, Life, Living Wage, Love, Meaning, Money, Oppression, Perspective, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Political, Poor, Poverty, Power, Powers that be, Preferential Option for the Poor, President, Privilege, Productivity, Prophet, Proverb, Reality, Religious, Respect, Rhetoric, Rich, Risk, Sabbath, Sacred, Scarcity, Science, Simplicity, Slavery, Society, Soul, Spiritual, State, Status, Status Quo, Time, Truth, Values, Vulnerability, War, Wealth, Western Civilization, Willingness, Wisdom, Women, Work, Worldview, Worship
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Testimony to NRC to Shut Down Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant
Below is my testimony for today’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s public hearing regarding the potential re-licensing of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant: My name is Dan Rutt. So, what are my credentials for being here tonight? I live in the kill … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political Action
Tagged America, Children, Congress, Death, Democracy, Environment, Faith, Farce, Future, Hope, Job, Jobs, Life, Mother Earth, Mourning, Nuclear Power, Poet, Possibility, Power, Probability, Prophet, Public Health, Reality, Rich, Shareholder, Titanic, Top Pun, Work
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