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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: Great Lawyer
Someone once told me I’d make a good lawyer Unfortunately Even a great lawyer Would raise their eyes To a poet As is the case with many of my poems, they are designed to have multiple interpretations, usually playing off … Continue reading
POEM: Work Week
One day I didn’t feel like going to work Some people call them weekdays This one goes out to all of you who feel, chronically and/or acutely, that going to work is, well…work. I wouldn’t mind being the guy who … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Class Warfare, Culture, Dream, Economic, Experience, Freedom, God, Greed, Hindu, Jewish, Jobs, Journey, Karma, Learning, Life, Mind, Mindfulness, Money, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Sabbath, Security, Short Poems, Spiritual, Wealth, Western Civilization, Work
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POEM: Mayfly
A Mayfly lives for a day And thinks it is an eternity There is a wisdom in nature The eternal now is a gift that is often elusive to humans. It seems that nature is more in sync with the … Continue reading
POEM: Patriot
My name is patriot I am a force to be reckoned with That few dare oppose Just tell me what country I live in And I’ll know exactly how to behave “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” – … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Beauty, Community, Conflict, Life, Love, National, Nationalism, Patriot, Patriotism, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Violence, War
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POEM: Government Listening
I’d like a government that listens More than listens in And NO, I don’t want fries with that! We need to truly listen to one another, in order to create together a democracy that represents us. Democracy is an open … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Accountability, Citizens, Democracy, Economy, government, Inane, Life, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Power, Questions, Reactionary, Reality, Rhetoric, Short Poems, State, Terrorism, Truth, Work
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POEM: You Can’t Do That
They told me “You can’t do that.” I replied, “Thanks, I hadn’t done anything impossible yet today.” It’s been a slow day I suspect that we are much freer than we typically realize. As Henry Ford said, “Think you can, … Continue reading
POEM: Own Worst Enemy
One day I realized that I am my own worst enemy And as it turns out, I am a formidable foe Self-awareness seems to key to one’s own progress. This short poem offers a backhanded compliment to oneself as a … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Enemies, Mindfulness, Poems, Poetry, Progress, Pyschology, Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Short Poems, Subjectivity
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POEM: Lines in the Sand
I run circles around your lines in the sand You’re going to need a bigger sandbox
POEM: Man of Letters
I once met a man of letters Though you might not have recognized it Probably because he specialized in F
POEM: All is Well
The man said to me, “You seem like a malcontent, sonny.” I replied, “All is well, I’m just priming the pump.”
Posted in Poems
Tagged Optimism, Perspective, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Social Movements
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POEM: Hypothetical Questions
Your hypothetical questions Have prevailed I will no longer oppose violence Except in the real world
Posted in Poems
Tagged Nonviolence, Pacifism, Poems, Poetry, Questions, Short Poems, Violence
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POEM: Poets Wages
What’s up with going to work so early? I find myself in this altered state, for such a sleepyhead Fortunately, I can work in bed No wonder poets are paid so little!
POEM: Being Human Takes Time
Being human takes time Sometimes going in slow motion Gets you there faster Neither switching channels Nor reading the last chapter first Helps the race Turn off the technology of the moment And turn on to your own life story … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Human Race, Humanity, Life, Poems, Poetry, Rat Race, Short Poems, Technology, Time
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POEM: Behind a Veil
I suspect that God resides behind a veil I don’t blame others for not suspecting the same Though curiosity gets the better of me I am less forgiving to those who don’t believe in a veil
POEM: Crime Novel
45 caliber opening lines for a crime novel: Jack Manchester was the kind of a guy Who would pray for the day he could swear on his mother’s grave And if you ever suspected that he was telling the truth, … Continue reading
POEM: Mother-Father of Invention
Necessity is the mother of invention The father is wholly Less certain Until paternity is decided I’ll consider other innovative bastards my brothers
POEM: Cameras Everywhere
Cameras, cameras everywhere Yet what do they survey? Eyes, eyes everywhere Yet few can see the way Big brother is here. Whether it is surveillance cameras, web or cell tracking, financial transactions or legal documents, you are being watched. Watched … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Big Brother, Culture, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: Force of Nature
Sometimes I feel like a force of nature And when nature calls There is little resisting