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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: Spirituality
POEM: This Poet’s Prayer
This poem reflects my basic spirituality of ever moving toward One’s vision of the good, even as my view is a dim reflection. The One thing that I can judge my progress on is my commitment to this path yearning … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Awe, Creation, Hope, Image, Poet, Prayer, Progress, Spirituality
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POEM: Re-Nouned
I am not one for titles and hierarchical living. Of coarse, labels serve some function in relating to one another. Still, I yearn for human relations where titles of status and power do not confound our basic humanity. Thus, this … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Humanity, Power, President, Quakers, Respect, Society, Spirituality, Status
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POEM: The Dumbest Thing I Ever Metaphor
This poem is a tribute to the dumbfounding reality that speaking about God is extremely dangerous, almost as dangerous as not speaking about God. I am perpetually drawn to contemplating ultimate concerns, which naturally outline one’s respective, or irrespective, views … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Conundrum, Fundamentalism, God, Holy, Nature, Reality, Religion, Spirituality
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POEM: Enlightenment Not Worth Beings
Conversing in the street At a protest We had a very enlightening pow wow As too in form me He stated with qualm assurance “Protest before enlightenment, protest after enlightenment” A parity of action Like I had never seen To … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Absurdity, Accountability, Amorality, Balance, Enlightenment, Evil, God, Human Rights, Individualism, Insanity, Life, Materialism, Meaning, Nature, New Age, Philosophy, Present, Privilege, Progress, Reactionary, Religion, Society, Soul, Spiritual, Spirituality, Trust, Truth
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POEM: Big Bang Burrito®
Under a first rate inquisition I mussed a test I don’t know If God Can make A bean burrito so big That God can’t Eat it Such a peerless quest in May be Scorn points with sum To be little … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Acceptance, Authority, Curiosity, Employment, Experience, God, Image, Jewish, Joke, Mind, Mock, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Questioning, Questions, Religion, Spiritual, Spirituality, Stupid, Time, Universe
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POEM: Seriously?!
The Zen master was nearly Finished with his instruction When he got to non-seriousness I was greatly relieved For I was taking nothing He was saying Seriously This short poem gets at one of the great paradoxes of enlightened spirituality: … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Attitude, Blessed, Buddhist, Compassion, Counter-Cultural, Culture, Cynical, Disease, Enlightenment, Experience, Faith, Freedom, Fundamentalism, God, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Humor, Hypocrisy, Ideology, Joke, Life, Logic, Materialism, Materialist, Militant, Mind, Mystic, Mysticism, Nature, Paradoxes, Passion, Philosophy, Play, Playfulness, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Power, Reality, Religious, Respect, Rules, Sacred, Science, Short Poems, Spiritual, Spirituality, Tao, Theology, Time, Transcendence, Transcendent, Zen
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POEM: Evolution of a Writer
Evolution of a Writer You have evolved into quite a writer Could you write something for my company? He solicited Presumably thinking I was still into monkey business Not even grasping I was clearly out of my tree This poem … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Business, Commercial, Compromise, Creativity, Darwin, Depression, Evolution, Experience, Facts, Freedom, Future, Humanity, Inspiration, Ironic, Job, Joy, Life, Logic, Market, Materialist, Meaning, Money, Nature, Passion, Philosophy, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Power, Present, Questions, Reality, Science, Scientific Reductionism, Sex, Simplicity, Society, Spiritual, Spirituality, Subjectivity, Success, Transcendent, Truth, Vocation, Work, Worldview
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POEM: The Game of Life
One day I realized The game of life And going back In the box Only to find The rules had been lost Long a go And still The game goes on This short poem plays with the notion that life … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Ancient, Attitude, Authority, Awe, Buddhism, Change, Character, China, Consciousness, Courage, Creativity, Evil, Experience, Failure, Faith, Foolish, Freedom, God, Greed, Hate, Hope, Humor, Hypocrisy, Idealism, Insanity, Institutionalize, Irreverence, Joy, Life, Love, Militarism, Mind, Modern, Obedience, Pacifism, Play, Playfulness, Political, President, Psychology, Questioning, Rage, Reality, Religion, Religious, Respect, Reverence, Rhetoric, Rich, Rules, Sacred, Sincerity, Spiritual, Spirituality, Status, Success, Truth, Universe, Utopia, Violence, War, Willingness, Wisdom, Zen
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POEM: I Will Join The One, There is No Other
Alone Where is God in that? Does salvation lie in community? Wherever two or more gather In character At present will be God Therefore, I will join the one One who was left behind The one who’s going places no … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Buddhist, Character, Community, Compassion, Counter-Cultural, Culture, Enemies, Enlightenment, Faith, Genius, God, Jesus, Journey, Life, Love, Mystic, Mystical, Nature, Opposites, Passion, Piety, Poems, Poetry, Power, Powers that be, Present, Reactionary, Relationships, Solidarity, Spiritual, Spirituality, Status, Status Quo, Time
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POEM: Somewhat Religious
Priscilla was born into a very religious home She was conceived in a somewhat less religious car This very short, funny little poem gets at several aspects of religiosity. First, sometimes people who are “ex” anything are the most harsh … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Authenticity, Balance, Character, Children, Compassion, Experience, Funny, Hell, Hope, Hypocrisy, Kids, Play, Poems, Poetry, Religion, Religious, Short Poems, Spiritual, Spirituality
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POEM: Pulling a Steckler
Pulling a Steckler Steckler was the type of guy Who would ruin The fun Of magic tricks Enjoyed by friends By revealing their mechanics Partly to annoy Mostly because he could His routine was so common His act was named … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Character, Defense, Heart, Logic, Militant, Mind, Mystery, Mystic, Mysticism, Ode, Passion, Poems, Poetry, Science, Scientific Reductionism, Serendipity, Spiritual, Spirituality, Transcendent
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POEM: Tracing Humanity
Tracing Humanity They say that You can tell A lot About a person By what they do This, of course, is on track Still, there is a better weigh The difference between animals and humans That which earthly scales can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Attitude, Authority, Balance, Character, Choices, Control, Conundrum, Ethics, Experience, Faith, Freedom, Harmony, Heart, Humanity, Integrity, Kids, Life, Logic, Moral, Morality, Perspective, Physics, Poems, Poetry, Power, Present, Psychology, Reality, Rebellion, Sacred, Secrets, Serenity, Skepticism, Spiritual, Spirituality, Truth, Worldview
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POEM: I am
The other day I got kicked out Of an atheist’s club Told in no uncertain terms There is science And no other! And I am left To wonder Wow, where did that come from?! I was raised A Christian A … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Atheist, Attitude, Buddhism, Christian, Compassion, Conventional Wisdom, Counter-Cultural, Death, Einstein, Experience, Fundamentalism, Gandhi, God, Gratitude, Hindu, Jesus, Jewish, Job, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Militant, Muslim, Muslims, Palestinian, Philosophical, Poems, Poetry, Power, Reality, Religion, Science, Sikh, Spiritual, Spirituality, Suffering, Theology, Universe
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