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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: The Problem with Violence
- POEM: In Sighting a Right
- POEM: I’d Give My Write Arm for the Sound of You
- POEM: Awe is Not Lost
- POEM: Unentitle Fight
- POEM: I a Door
- POEM: Arose
- POEM: Fallen Reign
- POEM: The Future, The Passed
- POEM: Your Fired
- POEM: I’ll Have a Side of History
- POEM: Bred of Life
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Tag Archives: Social Movements
POEM: Spring Has Sprung
Winter is passed And still What is dung is dung Yet in concert with nature Sow becoming A sublime movement From the bowels of Mother Earth And her thirst borne sun Spring has sprung From her fertile eyes Perfectly teeming … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Change, Environment, Hope, Humanity, Mother Earth, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Short Poems, Social Movements, Soul
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POEM: Ferry Tales
Buy politicians We have been tolled Ferry tales From bank to bank Holding no water Liquidating assets Left and right Sow gully able As they desperately wanton US to believe The chosen few, the elect As top down Driving in … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Celebrity, Change, Consumption, Culture, Cynical, Debt, Democracy, Economic, Elections, Human Rights, Hypocrisy, Life, Money, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Political, Politics, Power, Propaganda, Respect, Rhetoric, Social Movements, State, Voting
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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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FREE POSTER – Black Lives Matter: Devolution of Blue Lives Matter to Corporate Lives Matter, NOT Evolution, NOT Revolution
The Black Lives Matter movement has been successful in spawning reactionary movements. The latest of these is the Blue Lives Matter messaging going national through billboards as a so-called public service. Here is my take on such reactions: That police … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Peace, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged African American, America, Corporate Personhood, Criminal Justice System, Death, Dehumanizing, Evolution, free poster, Happiness, Human Rights, Image, Justice, Life, National, Nonviolent, Police, Political, Privilege, Reactionary, Resistance, Respect, Revolution, Social Movements, Violence
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POEM: Unfare
Weighter Truth be tolled Whoever’s pain the bill I’d like a reseat At the table This poem addresses the truism that life is not fair. I have spent most of my life and part of most days working to address … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Citizens, Consumption, Creation, Disenfranchised, Domination, Economic, Equality, Female, Gratitude, Humanity, Justice, LGBT, Life, Patriarchy, Play, Poems, Poetry, Political, Poor, Power, Present, Privilege, Respect, Short Poems, skin in the game, Social Justice, Social Movements, Society, Solidarity, Truth, Work
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POEM: As We Press Release
As We Press Release The defense department denies killing civilians The state department denies human rights abuses by trade partners The department of energy denies that nuclear power is anything but safe The criminal justice system denies institutional racism The … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Big Brother, Capitalism, Commercial, Conspiracy, Consumerism, Crassness, Criminal Justice System, Defense, Evolution, Expediency, Freedom, Freedom of the Press, GOP, Greed, Hell, Human Rights, Imperialism, Inane, Journalists, Justice, Labor, Life, Militarism, Military, Mind, Nuclear Power, Oppression, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Propaganda, Racism, Social Movements, Sociopathy, State, War
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POEM: Surfing The Heat Wave
Surfing The Heat Wave While surfing the heat wave I peer into my horror scope Is life a beach? What is there to sea? The age of Aquarius in retrograde Mercury rising Is it all a mirage? Whew, is this … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Balance, Climate Change, Denial, Evil, Greed, Life, Money, mother nature, Nature, Poems, Political, Politics, Protest Poetry, Skepticism, Social Movements, Stewardship
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POEM: Skin in the Game
Skin in the Game The gods are at war A blood sport for many The spectators are plenty Seeded at the rite and Overlooking the arena As bleachers whitewash The stain power of the players Announcers pooring over each play … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Accountability, Art, Awe, Courage, God, Inane, Optimism, Play, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Poor, Power, Risk, Sacrifice, skin in the game, Social Justice, Social Movements, Violence, War, Worship
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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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Mock Funeral – Occupy Toledo
Yesterday, April 1st, April Fool’s Day, was the one and only performance of Occupy Toledo‘s Mock Funeral — in life (and death) there are no rehearsals, this is it! If you missed it, I truly hope that you were doing … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Free Stuff, News, Political Action
Tagged America, Apathy, Celebrations, Citizens, Compulsion, Constitution, Consumption, Corporate Personhood, Death, Debt, Demonstrators, Direct Democracy, Enlightenment, Events, Food, Free Speech, Funny, Helplessness, Hope, Life, May Day, Mock, Money, Occupy Toledo, Occupy Wall Street, Parodies, Political, Propaganda, Protesters, Puns, Reality, Resistance, Rich, Satire, Security, Social Movements, Time, Toledo, Top Pun, Wall Street
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Attack on Press Freedoms in Occupy Movement
Nation Magazine blogger Peter Rothberg has reported on attacks on press freedoms in the Occupy movement. Over 50 journalists have been arrested since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement last September. You can sign a petition to support journalists … Continue reading
Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON
Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON Support the Police Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, … Continue reading →