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Tag Archives: Short Poems
POEM: Hanging Buy A Thread
Here is a Monday poem for those who may be feeling that impending work weak and need a bit of fortification. Hanging Buy A Thread There he hung Buy a thread Of hope Peering mid heir Soully able Too due … Continue reading
POEM: Got Marxism?
Got Marxism? “Are you a Marxist?” he asked Well Yes and know I am More of a Groucho Marxist Than a Karl Marxist This funny little poem is a bit Zen in that turns a serious question into a playful … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Funny, Marxism, Poems, Poetry, Political, Questions, Short Poems, Zen
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POEM: Weathering Humanity
They could Not no Weather humanity Had Arrived At that bottleneck Passibly a birth canal Or river Styx Too cross Dammed possibility Or mirror probabilities Humanity, with its profound possibilities and asinine algorithms, perpetually wrests at the juncture of tantalizing … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged algorithm, Conformity, Dreams, Hope, Humanity, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Short Poems, Truth
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POEM: Macaroni Art
Has it ever occurred to you That your life’s work is but Macaroni art Only then realizing That it is covering God’s refrigerator And how great that is This poem touches upon a number of themes: humility, self-confidence, perfectionism and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, God, Grace, Humility, Life, Perfectionism, Poems, Poetry, Relationships, Short Poems, Work
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Supreme Court Nominee POEM: Ostensible Merit, Garland
Ostensible Merit, Garland Senate Republicans bemoan We can’t Ford No delay We just Long to confirm As weave past attest Merit Garland This poem is my owed to Senate Republicans’ stellar hypocrisy, in this case regarding confirming Supreme Court nominees. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Character, Death, Hypocrisy, Poems, Poetry, Poor, Present, Rhyme, sexual assault, Short Poems, Supreme Court, Women
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POEM: Wrenching Machine
He threw himself into his work Like a wrench More than just A gag In a wrenching machine Here is a Monday poem dedicated to all anti-work workers, those less-than-willing cogs in dehumanizing machines. I am so grateful for being … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Consumption, Dehumanizing, Heart, Lifestyle, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Work
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POEM: Nonpartisan Shootings
Weather running the country In too the ground Or playing hardball So well practiced America pines For that national past time And return to nonpartisan shootings The shooting on a baseball field full of Republican congressmen and staffers has jacked … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anti-Gun, Celebrity, Congress, Death, Life, National, Partisan, Poems, Poetry, Republican, Short Poems, Time, Violence, Worship
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POEM: Devil’s Advocate
He was invited too serve As devil’s advocate But he prudently recognized That the job was utterly filled Declining the precipitous prize And elevated gratuitousness At one point or another, we are each tempted to take up, the downside of an … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Argument, Awe, Change, Evil, Genius, Job, Play, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Skepticism, Status, Status Quo, Temptation
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CLIMATE CHANGE POEM: Donald Trump Has Gone Buggy
Donald Trump has gone buggy As in big ass hoarse drawn carriage Making hay and whips With great industry As unbelievable As nuclear-powered Amish A trial balloon Only to be led By nothing butt A horse’s ass Here is another … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Change, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Environment, Environmental, Poems, Poetry, Politics, President, Short Poems
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POEM: Know Deal
He offered Me All the secrets of the world And being more Or less ambitious I went for a few secrets Not of this world This poem is a tip of the hat to a famous Thomas Aquinas quote: “The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Freedom, Humanity, Life, Mind, Pi, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Secrets, Short Poems, Soul, Work
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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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POEM: Tickling God’s Whiskers
He thought Too himself More or less THAT would tickle God’s whiskers Which was particularly funny Since God has no whiskers Un-less That is God is right Under your knows This short poem plays with the notion that God is … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Funny, God, Humor, Joke, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Left To His Own Devices
Left to his own Devices He was apped to cynicism And awe of the most virtual of realities Things looking up People looking down This poem touches upon one of my pet peeves: electronic devices preempting direct human contact and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Cynicism, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Technology
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POEM: Pick Pockets
More reliable than a GPS If surrounded by plenty And struck by want You are in a shop As goaled to led Buy that invisible hand Only wanting Too pick Your pockets You can’t buy happiness — but not for … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Christmas, Evolution, Happiness, Irony, Life, Money, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Wealth
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POLITICAL POEM: The Bus of Times, The Worst of Times
His political career Hung in the balance Throw a certain number under the bus Or see bus production drop precipitously This short poem recognizes a brutal utilitarianism in politics, which is present at most any level. Using people as means … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Balance, Business, Capitalism, Economic, Economy, Efficiency, Human Rights, Humanity, Impersonal, Meaning, Modern, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Present, Radical, Relationships, Religion, Respect, Sacred, Short Poems, Time
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POEM: The Reason Donald Trump Sucks
The reason Donald Trump sucks Is that he is full of himself And the vacuum created Can’t help Butt purse His lips Like the Donald, this poem speaks for itself.
POEM: Lost And Found
Sum wear Long the weigh Countless souls Lost Their sense of humor Only too end up Way to Sirius Occupying that eternal box Under the counter Only willing To pass it long To whom sow ever Claims it for their … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Beauty, Cynicism, Experience, Freedom, Funny, Hope, Humor, Joy, Life, Poetry, Reality, Rich, Short Poems, Suffering, Surreal, Time, Trust
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ACTIVIST POEM: With Eyes Fixed — Owed To Shannon Frye
She was tired Enough Fore sentries of human bondage Still Those precious wons With eyes fixed On the prize Forever remanding us Stay qualm And carry on This poem was inspired by Shannon Frye’s blazing commentary that I recently included in … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Cynicism, Dream, Heart, Hope, Inspiration, Ode, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Creator of Heaven Unearth
Oh God Awe might he Creator of heaven unearth Your sun trying to peer through What is mirrorly mist Between every human face Won and the same Unending cycles Set up for yielding What is seeing bye many As a … Continue reading
POEM: Possibility Verses
Her mastery Of the glorious bounty Of possibility Taunts those enslaved By the vain security Of mere probabilities This poem is a tribute to the existential divide between possibility and probability. Possibility is the purview of free will, introducing new … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Control, Creativity, Events, Existential, Free Will, Freedom, Life, Meaning, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Security, Short Poems, Universe, Vanity
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