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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: I Dropped My Sword and Shield
One day I dropped my sword and shield And as it turns out, it freed more than my hands It is not unusual for me to want to see someone hurt; this is the metaphorical sword. It is not unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Compassion, Courage, Culture, Experience, Freedom, Justice, Karma, Poetry, Punishment, Reality, Resentment, Short Poems, Violence, Vulnerability, War, Willingness
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POEM: Sleeping In
I love mornings that I can sleep in I call them “weekdays” I am a wealthy man! I can go for months at a time without the need for an alarm clock. How many have such wealth? In crass terms, … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems
Tagged Freedom, Gratitude, Health Insurance, Life, Love, Meditation, Normal, Power, Short Poems, Sleep, Time, Wealth
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POEM: Life is a 45 Record
Life is a 45 record Most of us are playing it as a 78 Or perhaps we are being played Few are old enough to get this Even fewer are wise enough Most of us lived life rushed. For those … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Experience, Hope, Life, Normal, Poetry, Puns, Rat Race, Short Poems, Simplicity
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POEM: Shooting Star
You are a shooting star Enjoy it while you can And may others look up And see your light The short poem focuses on the theme that life is short, yet it can be glorious. The first order of business … Continue reading
POEM: Personal Boundaries
Sometimes I have trouble telling where I end and you begin No, wait, that’s you! This funny little poem plays with the confusion inherent in having fuzzy personal boundaries. Codependency is a very popular topic these days. Sorting out what … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Awareness, Business, Funny, Interdependence, Job, Poems, Poetry, Present, Reality, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Short Poems, Time, Wisdom, Work
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POEM: Near Life Experience
I once had a near-life experience but that’s another story I like this funny two-line poem because it turns around the mysterious fascination with near-death experiences. This poem implies that near-life experiences may actually be the uncommon experience. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Death, Experience, Funny, Ironic, Life, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Protesting Pet Peeves
I would protest against my pet peeves Except, I’m not sure that “Honk if you want to end noise pollution” Would work out so well I like this funny little poem because it teases at the natural limits of something … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Peace, Poems
Tagged Funny, God, Life, Love, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Pollution, Protesters, Short Poems, Silence, Time, Work
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LOVE POEM: Stolen Glances
I have a confession to make I’ve stolen so many glances of you And just us demands That I stare into your eyes Until further notice This love poem is dedicated to my sweetheart, Maryjo. Fortunately, when only the two … Continue reading
POEM: Feminists Know Something
As a man One day I wondered How come there are so few Women politicians Women economists Women lawyers Then it occurred to me Maybe they know something we don’t The quest to understand the difference between men and women … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Balance, Control, Counter-Cultural, Curiosity, Experience, Female, Feminism, Feminist, Gender, Law, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Short Poems, Society, Vocation, Women, Work
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POEM: The Human Race Is Not Well Done
The human race Is Not Well Done I like the short poem because in seven words in five lines it can be read several different ways. The human race can be seen both as a species and as an actual … Continue reading
POEM: Wrong Ballpark
Being in the wrong ballpark is a mere scheduling error Maybe I need a game changer This simple two-line poem is meant to challenge the reader regarding both the size and nature of change that may be needed to change … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Change, Diminishing Returns, Image, Insanity, Life, Meaning, Mind, Nature, Paradigm Shift, Poetry, Reality, Short Poems
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POEM: Subconscious Not What You Think
Don’t bother pondering the subconscious It’s not what you think This funny poem is a reminder that much of what is life is not directly accessible by us. Most of what goes on in our bodies is outside of our … Continue reading
POEM: Actual Pie vs. Pi
Actual pie is way more than 3.14159 times better than mathematical pi. This simple one line poem makes fun of Western civilization’s fixation on the quantitative versus qualitative. It is big business to reduce everything to a number, preferably dollars … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Beauty, Business, Experience, Nature, One-line Poems, Pi, Short Poems, Time, Western Civilization
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POEM: If You Don’t Know What You Want
If you don’t know what you want from life You are quite likely to get it This two-line poem deals with a basic theme of life: discovering what you want from life. Of course, the starting place for this is … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Argument, Experience, God, Grace, Heart, Life, Mind, Optimism, Play, Self-Discovery, Short Poems, Surprises, Time, Universe
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POEM: Morning Prayer, Waking Up
I say a prayer of thanks every morning I wake up Except about the whole having-to-wake-up thing This is a simple one of my short poems. The first line of the poem strikes a very traditional chord, dealing with morning … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Busyness, Conundrum, Culture, Experience, Gratitude, Life, Mind, Poems, Prayer, Present, Reality, Short Poems, Time
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POEM: Getting Your Ducks in a Row
I once put all my ducks in a row Only then realizing What am I doing with all these ducks?! Getting one’s ducks in a row is an idiom or metaphor that most people are familiar with, meaning that we … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Absurdity, Business, Busyness, Chaos, Counter-Cultural, Culture, Freedom, Future, God, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Idioms, John Lennon, Laziness, Lazy, Learning, Life, Meaning, Mind, Objectivity, Perspective, Physics, Poet, Poetry, Productivity, Quotes, Reality, Rumi, Scientific Reductionism, Short Poems, Simplicity, Spiritual, Status, Status Quo, Subjectivity, Time, Universe, Work, Yogi Berra
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POEM: Commercial Interruption
We interrupt this commercial Now that wasn’t so hard Or was it? How many times a day is our consciousness breached by some form of commercial interruption? Way too many times! I consider this commercial assault a major form of … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Absurdity, Cathartic, Commercial, Consciousness, Consumerism, Consumption, Control, Culture, Farce, Joy, Life, Living Simply, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Questioning, Short Poems, State, Vanity, Violence, Work
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