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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: Scorpions in a Bottle
- POEM: Icarus Flies — The Gathering
- POEM: Healing Fire
- POEM: Net Zeroed
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- POEM: Taking, Their Q
- POEM: King of the Hill
- POEM: Go Figure — Owed to Haunting Season
- POEM: Wiled Fires
- POEM: Progress
- POEM: Fratricide
- POEM: Relieved of the Magic of Cynicism
- POEM: Owner Us
- POEM: In Summer-y
- POEM: Re fooling
- POEM: Monkey Business
- POEM: A Poet’s Currency
- POEM: Love Birds
- POEM: Needle-less to Say, ESC Late
- POEM: Oddly, Never Out of Whack
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Tag Archives: Protest Poetry
Sen. Robert WALDO Portman, Where Are You?!
Sen. Robert WALDO Portman, where are you?! All about Red and white stripes And no blue to be seen In what Might better Be a black and white world Yet no wear To be found In this tattered democracy And … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action
Tagged America, Democracy, Poems, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Protests, Sen. Rob Portman, Toledo
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POEM: Attorney General Edwin Meese III
I know of a man I never met A foe of mine, I can only bet A very close impersonal friend To my unknown needs he’s supposed to tend To rehabilitate me from what to what Maybe he’s a pure-bred … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Community, Competition, Constitution, Draft Registration, Environment, Failure, Freedom, government, History, Impersonal, Justice, Law, Military, Poems, President, Protest Poetry, Punishment
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POEM: Hope Inflamed
Hope Inflamed Hope inflamed That which cannot be Put out Will consume every individual Testing their mettle Forging in feeleds Just discovered From a crucible witch lies unknown Alloys forever Stronger than any metal Purely a loan No matter How … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Conventional Wisdom, Courage, Death, Denial, Dystopia, Enemies, Enlightenment, Existential, Experience, Faith, Freedom, Gandhi, Hope, Jesus, Life, Mind, Mindfulness, Patriotism, Poems, Power, Powers that be, Protest Poetry, Reality, Revolution, Revolutionary, skin in the game, Soul, State, Transcendent, Trust, War, Wisdom
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POEM: Surfing The Heat Wave
Surfing The Heat Wave While surfing the heat wave I peer into my horror scope Is life a beach? What is there to sea? The age of Aquarius in retrograde Mercury rising Is it all a mirage? Whew, is this … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Balance, Climate Change, Denial, Evil, Greed, Life, Money, mother nature, Nature, Poems, Political, Politics, Protest Poetry, Skepticism, Social Movements, Stewardship
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POEM: Autobiography Excerpt
The authorities’ lack of investigatory skills Were more than made up By his incriminating honesty
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Authorities, Honesty, Protest Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Not Unlike Hope
Here is a poem about hope, sometimes on the run, sometimes on the lam. Hope is never lost, and hope often lurks in sometimes unrespectable places. This poem has plenty of puns, hidden jewels, drama, chase scenes, and victorious poetry. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Authorities, Character, Citizens, Civil Disobedience, Heart, Hope, Justice, Ode, Poetry, Police, Protest Poetry, Puns, Short Poems
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POEM: My Heart Breaks Daily
Life is messy. Compassion is messy. Acting in the world in a way that is congruent with one’s broken and breaking heart is a challenge. A challenge to the actor, and a challenge to those in the world witnessing and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Authorities, Compassion, Heart, Life, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Short Poems
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Kent State Massacre POEM
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, where four students were killed and nine students were injured when National Guard troops opened fire on anti-war demonstrators. Below is a picture of Arlington Midwest at Kent State, May … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, News, Peace, Political Action
Tagged Beauty, Death, Demonstrators, Humanity, Lawyer, Life, National, Poems, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Protesters, Protests, Sacrifice, Silence, State, Suffering, Toledo, Violence, War, War Crimes
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Top Pun’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Poem 2012
I have written another pun-filled epic poem; This time in honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and MLK day. I dedicate this poem to the legacy and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all of those who have … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems
Tagged African American, Civil Rights, Funny, Harmony, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr, mlk day, Moral, Parodies, Poems, Political, Protest Poetry, Puns, Satire, Spiritual, Time, Top Pun, Work
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PUNNY Epic Poem: Christmas on Wall Street – Occupying Humanity
In honor of my 50th birthday, I have decided to devote more time to writing. I hope to concentrate on pun-filled political satire, including epic poems. To get you started, here is my first major epic poem, in honor of … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Christian, Christmas, Funny, Hope, Humanity, Jesus, Meaning, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Poems, Political, Protest Poetry, Protesters, Puns, Religious, Satire, skin in the game, Spiritual, Time, Wall Street, Wall Street Bull
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