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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: Awe is Not Lost
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- POEM: The Future, The Passed
- POEM: Your Fired
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- POEM: Scorpions in a Bottle
- POEM: Icarus Flies — The Gathering
- POEM: Healing Fire
- POEM: Net Zeroed
- POEM: Showing Up
- POEM: Taking, Their Q
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Tag Archives: Revolution
POEM: Winning’s Everything
We live in an era where everything is divided . . . into winning and losing, souled to the highest bitter. The “losers” of this world will rise up, the great unwatched — the revolution will not be televised. Winning’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Expediency, Revolution, Time
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POEM: Replete the Sounding Joy!
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
POEM: That Clarity Amidst Blood
That Clarity Amidst Blood The tides of change are rising From a tsunami of tears The salt of the earth Uniting with water The solution that is life That clarity amidst blood And where souls hit the street Awash with … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Authenticity, Balance, Change, Community, Courage, Cowardice, Democracy, Dream, Enemies, Greed, Healing, Hypocrisy, Injustice, Justice, Life, Loss, Money, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Powers that be, Rage, Resistance, Revolution, Selfish, skin in the game, Solidarity, Status, Unity, Vanity
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FREE POSTER: GOP Greedy Old Perverts Sexual Predator-in-Chief Donald Trump and Roy Moore
Dirty old men, predominantly dirty old white men, are running rampant throughout our culture and politics. A long overdue push back is underway as many powerful sexual predators are finally being held to some account. The cutting edge of this … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Gay, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authoritarian, Beautiful, Children, Christian, Community, Conservative, Conspiracy, Crime, Culture, Democrat, Donald Trump, Enemies, Fascism, free poster, Free Posters, Future, God, GOP, Hypermasculinity, Hypocrisy, Illegal, Justice, Kids, Lawyer, Lifestyle, Martyrdom, Military, Minorities, Moral, Muslim, National, Nationalism, Nature, Nazi, Normal, Patriarchy, Political, Politics, Power, Present, President, Reactionary, Redemption, Religious, Republican, Revolution, Rhetoric, Right-Wing, Roy Moore, Sex, sexual assault, Socialism, State, Success, Supreme Court, Time
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Senator ROB Portman “The GRINCH” Putting The ROB in Christmas
This free political poster is inspired by the pathetic and horrific tax cuts for the rich that congressional Republicans are pushing like crack for the wealthy this Christmas season. The Senate Republican bill even includes a repeal of the individual … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Health, News, Political Action
Tagged Christmas, Citizens, Debt, Economy, Equality, Fear, free poster, Free Posters, God, Grace, Greed, Grinch, Health Care, Health Insurance, Holy, Hope, Income, Love, Money, Obama, Outrage, Parity or Parody, Political, Politics, Poor, Republican, Revolution, Rich, Satire, Sen. Rob Portman, taxes, Toledo, Voters
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POLITICAL POEM: Unite In The Write
Poets of the world unite Delivering a bill of writes To the regressive elite And overcompensating narcissists May the love of word in deed Translate into a raging river of love Pounding against that professed shore thing Strait from the … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Awe, Beautiful, Change, Elite, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Justice, Life, Love, Oligarchy, Patriarchy, Poems, Poetry, Political, Racism, Resistance, Revolution, Revolutionary, Short Poems, Solidarity, Work
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Friendly Rant: Voting FOR Jill Stein NOT Wielding “Privilege”
Oddly, with the presidential candidates from the two dominant and domineering political parties setting new records for low approval, voting for anyone else is met with bafflingly high contempt. My friend, local activist, and Green Party Jill Stein supporter, Shannon Frye, … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Argument, Ballot, Children, Classism, Compassion, Crime, Culture, Defense, Democracy, Environmental, Equality, facebook, Family, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Food, Freedom, Future, Gender, Green Party, Hell, Hillary Clinton, History, Identity, Incarnation, Inequality, Jill Stein, Justice, Labor, Life, Logic, Medicaid, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Police, Political, Power, President, Prison, Privilege, Queer, Racism, Rage, Religious, Revolution, Security, Sex, Sexism, Sexuality, Silence, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Security, State, Time, Truth, Violence, Voting, War, Women, Work
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Managed Democracy And The Illusion Of Politics
This article pretty much sums it up. Managing the air, apparent electorate, and the “for most” illusion of politics. Great contribution from The African American Intellectual History Society, Managed Democracy And The Illusion Of Politics: Now that another sordid election … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged African American, America, Business, Capitalism, Change, Control, Crises, Democracy, Elite, Facts, Heart, History, Humanity, Inequality, Integrity, Meaning, Media, Mind, Police, Political, Politics, Power, Questions, Reconciliation, Republican, Revolution, Society, State, Terrorism, Truth, Virtue, War
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THIRD PARTY POEM: A Door Number Three
A Door Number Three Caught a mist The cross Fire Between partisan streams Shooting for number won Too put out In A narrow mined field Wear white is anti-black And black is nonwhite So fanatical about your stripes Yet no … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authoritarian, Business, Celebrity, Choices, Citizens, Control, Cynicism, Democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Dreams, Elite, Exceptionalism, Failure, Fear, Hillary Clinton, Hope, Humanity, leadership, National, Oligarchy, Partisan, Plutocracy, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Powers that be, President, Privilege, Reality, Republican, Resistance, Revolution, Status, Status Quo, Surreal, Sustainable, Third Party, Time, Wealth, Worship
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POEM: Reject
They took out a social contract On her In what might as well be Too her Too be As good As dead From their point of you Her response sow questionable If it’s awe the same Too you I’ll strike … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Camus, Character, Courage, Dehumanizing, Evolution, Humanity, Idioms, leadership, Learning, Love, Poems, Poetry, Political, Prose, Rage, Rebellion, Resistance, Revolution, Rules, Society, Status, Status Quo
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POLITICAL POEM: Pick You’re Genocide
Pick You’re genocide Won side or the other Gun to head Ahead to gun Aliens pervade our atmosphere As whirled wore thee Restless natives no so slight Wear homieland security rules Redcoats and bluecoats Everyday cover ups Of fuzz overruling … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awe, Change, Choices, Congress, Courage, Democracy, Diversity, Domination, Elections, Evolution, Faith, Fear, Free Speech, Freedom, Future, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Injustice, Justice, Law, Life, Love, Mind, Money, National, Optimism, Patience, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Powers that be, Radical, Rage, Revolution, Revolutionary, Rich, Rules, Security, Silence, Sustainable, Time, Voters, Voting, Work
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Anti-Trump AND Anti-Hillary: What’s a Voter To Do?
Anti-Trump AND anti-Hillary: What’s a voter to do? This seems to be an endemic quandary in the current presidential campaign. I have my own views, which I have blogged, ranted and wrote poems about. My views are considered too radical … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Apathy, Argument, Ballot, Change, Choices, Crazy, Democracy, Donald Trump, Elections, Ethical, Evil, Hillary Clinton, Intellect, Logic, Moral, Philosophy, Poems, Political, Politics, Power, President, Radical, Respect, Revolution, Third Party, Top Pun, Voters, Voting
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Anti-Trump, Anti-Hillary FREE POSTER: Newsflash — Stockholm Syndrome Renamed Washington Syndrome, Voters Held Hostage
This free Anti-Trump, Anti-Hillary poster announces the sad, traumatic news: NEWSFLASH — Stockholm Syndrome Renamed Washington Syndrome. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the presidential candidates with the highest negative ratings in modern U.S. history. Voters are held hostage in an … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, anti-Trump, Compromise, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economic, Empathy, Envy, Evolution, free poster, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, History, Human Rights, Jill Stein, Kindness, Modern, Political, Politics, President, Progress, Rationalization, Resistance, Revolution, Risk, Time, Top Pun, Values, Voters
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COMEDIAN JESUS: Pax Romana — You’re Killing Me!
This Comedian Jesus political cartoon highlights the shallow liberalism and false choices of Pax Romana, the metaphorical stand-in for Pax Americana, peace through so-called enlightened domination. This Comedian Jesus cartoon also ties the all-too-convenient collaboration of political and religious elites … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings, Political Cartoons
Tagged Accountability, America, Authority, Awe, Cartoon, Children, Choices, Church, Citizens, Citizenship, Comics, Creation, Death, Domination, Employment, Funny, God, Hope, Ideals, Imperialism, Jesus, Martyrdom, Military, Modern, Money, Mother Earth, Nonviolence, Parodies, Perspective, Political, Powers that be, Privilege, Questioning, Racism, Radical, Reality, Religious, Revolution, Revolutionary, Sacrifice, Status, Status Quo, Time, Top Pun, Truth, Western Civilization, Xenophobia
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Incremental Change, Heads Up!
This free political poster posits that the conventional wisdom of incremental change can be lethal to paradigm shifts needed for humanity to evolve to the next level. Devotees of incremental change may view death by degrees as safer, or at least … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Art, Ballot, Change, Chaos, Compromise, Conventional Wisdom, Death, Democracy, Donald Trump, Evil, Evolution, Experience, Fear, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, God, Hillary Clinton, Humanity, Injustice, Liberation Theology, Life, Love, Paradigm Shift, Political, Politics, Poor, Power, Preferential Option for the Poor, Prison, Progress, Reactionary, Reality, Resistance, Revolution, Revolutionary, skin in the game, Status, Status Quo, Sustainable, Theology, Top Pun, Truth, Values, Voting, War, Wisdom
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POLITICAL POEM: Elections Bought and Souled
What due You Know choice candidates Fenced by kleptocrats And undebatable Republicrats Their exclusive promise A system fixed Throwing political parties Incorporations wee trust In-firm ideologies The body politic Under the whether Or worse yet Riddled with ballots Everlustingly powered … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Ancient, Awe, Ballot, Choices, Consumption, Donald Trump, Elections, Funny, Future, Hell, Hillary Clinton, Humanity, National, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Puns, Republican, Revolution, Sacred, State, Third Party, Time, Trust, Wisdom
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POEM: The Iconoclassism of Godliness
She was in A class by her self Staring at her teacher In a too room school hows By two mirror subjects taut Assure as three Bound by know Student lones Only that body Of know ledge From the school … Continue reading
POEM: Going, Going, Gone
Scores of politicians Going for green As peddlers of pabulum Powered buy vicious cycles Going for blue As admirals of addled ad mirers Sailing cynicism Going for red As wore, wore, wore Posing as knew Gone adieu this Until nothing … Continue reading
POEM: The Yeast Of These
Wile there is much bred Daily preyed for Ample for awe concerned That seemingly still Fomenting swell times A mist repleting agin and agin In dubitable motifs Giving ascent to That for most ingredient A telling signature of homme The … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Business, Change, Conventional Wisdom, Crime, Disenfranchised, Elite, Faith, Hope, Humanity, Impersonal, Injustice, Joy, Justice, Meaning, Mind, Nature, Nonviolence, Nonviolent, Normal, Pacifism, Patriot, Poems, Poetry, Police, Possibility, Power, Powers that be, Privilege, Rage, Reality, Resistance, Respect, Revolution, Sex, skin in the game, Social Justice, Social Movements, Solidarity, State, Status, Status Quo, Success, Suffering, Truth, Violence, War, Wisdom
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POEM: Ode Record Smashed
He smashed His ode record Broke in The same oh Same oh! Skipping A beat Down Sow deep In his sole Feted To follow him Wear ever Won is I wrote this poem as the last poem of the day … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Experience, Gift, Life, Muse, Ode, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Revolution, Short Poems
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