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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: Short Poems
POEM: Sound of One Hand Clapping
What is the sound of one hand clapping? For many, it is a slap of the forehead in exasperation For some, it is a slap in the face of the asker Could someone lend a hand on this one Without … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Balance, Buddhism, Buddhist, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Life, Paradoxes, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Short Poems, Zen
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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: Rule 161
Rule 161: If trying to avoid death Results in avoiding life You are not avoiding death You are avoiding life Yep, if something results in the opposite of what you intend, then wisdom it ain’t.
POEM: Chrysalis of Security
I shed my chrysalis of security Arising as a butterfly Only then realizing I was not the worm That I appeared I am struck by how the quest for security can easily become a prison. Whether the quest for security … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Compromise, Life, Money, Moral, Poems, Poetry, Prison, Rationalization, Risk, Security, Short Poems, Zero Risk
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POEM: Divine Lover
One day I asked God What is it all about? There was only silence But with the look he gave me We’ve been lovers Ever since
POEM: Worship Here and There
I heard that many people will travel miles To go to church I find so much worship between here and there I rarely make it anymore
POEM: Where Lost Socks Go
The other day I stumbled upon That place where lost socks go And I thought to myself Of course, that makes sense I would love to tell you where it is But then I would have to kill you I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Cliche, Funny, Hell, Love, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Violence
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POEM: Illiteracy
I am illiterate in hundreds of languages And more so of the ones I know not of At least that’s what a little birdie told me Or so I think I’m not really sure of These languages for the birds
POEM: Squandered Life
I have squandered my life On poetry And making love If only I had kept a cleaner house Said no one ever!
POEM: Past, Future, Now
Past, Future, Now Past Future Looking back Looking forward It makes my head spin Except for now And now And now…
POEM: Can God Make A Billboard SO BIG That…
God is bigger than any box or labels we can imagine. I think of those epic movie beginnings where the letters scroll across the whole screen, at most one at a time, so you really have to pay attention to … Continue reading
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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POEM: Universe So Vast
I once asked God Why did you make the universe so vast? What were you possibly thinking? And God said I was kind of hoping To have enough room For all of the poetry yet to be written This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness, God, Heart, Job, Life, Mind, Poet, Poetry, Questions, Short Poems, Universe
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POEM: Slow Boat to China
Some days I feel like I’m on A slow boat To China Then it hits me More like Being water boarded In America My life is generally at a pretty relaxed pace, and with this I have no complaints. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Awareness, Big Brother, China, Consciousness, Conventional Wisdom, Culture, Denial, Economy, Experience, Fascism, Life, Mind, Poems, Poetry, Self-Awareness, Short Poems, State, Terrorism, Torture, War, Wisdom
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POEM: Entitled to be Untitled
Your life is a work of art Entitled to be untitled Your life is beautiful. Your life is a work of art. Your life cannot be reduced to a thing; it is irreducibly mysterious. Any label is inadequate. I have … Continue reading
POEM: Spiritual Economy
The other day I went to my spiritual economist She had already been in receipt of my stack of papers I spoke at some length and detail She noted that I have much that I can not afford She advised … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Conventional Wisdom, Economy, Experience, Life, Materialism, Money, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Questions, Short Poems, Spiritual, Wealth, Wisdom
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POEM: Bull Shit
There are two things I know for sure One, I am way too old for this bull shit Two, I am way too young for this bull shit Okay, it’s more Like one thing In my college freshman english class, … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Economy, Gift, Ironic, Irony, Lazy, Life, Mind, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Short Poems, Truth
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POEM: Text Message From Rumi
I got a text message from Rumi: big screen tv died whole world looks like 3D brb That was over a thousand years ago Real life is infinitely more fascinating than virtual life. It’s like trying to compare 3D to … Continue reading
POEM: Light ‘n Darkness
To face darkness Lighten up Facing darkness is a serious issue. Nonetheless, the solution is light, or to double the meaning, to lighten up. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I’ve been intrigued by the Zen concept of non-seriousness. A playfulness and certain detachment … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Attitude, Detachment, Fear, Life, Meaning, Perspective, Play, Playfulness, Poems, Short Poems, Zen
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