Tag Archives: Time

POEM: Screw the All Gore Rhythm

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Top Pun

One of my monikers in life is “screw the algorithm,” in rebellion to the lifeless calculations that often subtract from humanity and divide humanity. This poem is such a rebel cry. Screw the All Gore Rhythm The death machine is … Continue reading →

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POEM — Hemlocking the Socratic Method [Curiosity Killed the Hepcat]

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Top Pun

I am very curious. Life intrigues me. I am also a critical thinker, and, at times, others view me as contrary. I do seem to have a gift for seeing contradictions. Most of the time, I like playing around with … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Die is Cast

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Top Pun

Life is a gamble. Play the roll you got, or the roll will play you. The Die is Cast So it is said And can knot be Taken aback The die is cast Weather mettle mulled Or fortune’s gambol As … Continue reading →

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POEM: Attrition Verses

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Top Pun

Much of the brutality in our world takes the form of a war of attrition, where “the more titanic of the two” calculates that they can outlast the damage to won an other. This raze to the bottom abodes well … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Fete for Awe Time

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Top Pun

Whatever time we have is a gift, the greatest of which is the present. Now is the the time for gratitude. Now is the time for love. Now is the time to dance. A Fete for Awe Time Is it … Continue reading →

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POEM: The Stub

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is a small tale of serendipity where even the small stub of a toe could lead to large discovery, and weather this discovery turns out to be a blessing or a curse may also deep end on serendipity. … Continue reading →

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Compassion Dusted

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Top Pun

U.S. President Joe Biden has billed an image of a compassionate man. With the demonization of Palestinians and the full-throated backing of genocide in Gaza, any image as a compassionate is bankrupt. Compassion Dusted Thinking it’s just Biden time For … Continue reading →

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POEM: Low to the Ground

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Top Pun

A phrase I use a lot to describe my daily mode of living is “low to the ground.” This includes aspects of living simply so others may simply live and playing the long game of generations-long struggles for justice. Also, … Continue reading →

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POEM: Mine Blowin’

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Top Pun

My mind is blown every time I meditate on the fact that the stuff our bodies are composed of, molecules, are so infinitesimally small that if the molecules contained in a single breath were spread evenly across the planet, then … Continue reading →

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POEM: Tension All Humans

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Top Pun

If we want to be competent human beings on this planet, a founding document in our education and a basis for our collective life is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Bout Time

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Top Pun

A common complaint is that there is never enough time. Overbooking ourselves seems endemic. I have made an intentional effort over my life to create some space and time, allowing me to lead a less hurried and less forced life. … Continue reading →

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POEM: Flame In The Darkness

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Top Pun

Hope springs eternal. That’s just, the way it glows. Flame In The Darkness There is a flame In the darkness Awe weighs more Than mirror fact This flame is both Before and after See change As one Better Than book … Continue reading →

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POEM: Locked in Prism

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is inspired by one of the things I learned in prison: that everybody there is innocent. Of course, by this I mean that everybody claims to be innocent. I learned that this phenomenon is rooted in the notion … Continue reading →

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POEM: A Madder of Time

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem plays with the notions of patience and urgency in a whirled that can be crazy, like berserkers crying for help. The tempting insanity of joining the frenetic pace of crazy can’t just be brushed off, as some sane … Continue reading →

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POEM: It is I, Can You Not Hear Me?

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is an ode to nature speaking to us, and in particular exploring the notion of Nature or God as a subject, not mere object or inert matter, but infused with spirit. It is I, Can You Not Hear … Continue reading →

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POEM: Fallen, For It

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem is an ode to hubris, perhaps the greatest enemy to our collective lives. The largest hubris of all is leaning into hubris as a character asset. The Tower of Babel will fall, as well as every version of … Continue reading →

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POEM: Divine Die-alogue

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Top Pun

This poem plays with notion of God sitting next to me my whole life, and that presence involves no literal speaking. Then, upon my death God turns to me… Divine Die-alogue I am Dumb to talk about it Such profound … Continue reading →

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POEM: Calling Awe Siblings

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Top Pun

Awe those who stand in awesome awe are my siblings. This poem is a call for awe of us to join together as one family. Calling Awe Siblings There is family Close as kin And stronger than blood Knits beyond … Continue reading →

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POEM: Mine Your Own Busyness

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Top Pun

Here is a poem about the sacred and profane journey toward presence of mind: Atop a mountain of undertakings He overlooked his guru Desperately wanting to be A little slower With deaf-defying pleas As the guru came fourth With quiet … Continue reading →

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POEM: Made Passable

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Top Pun

1984 may be voted the most likely to be a “Groundhog Year,” repeated over and over and over. The book, 1984, by George Orwell, written in the aftermath of World War II, is a stark warning about authoritarianism that holds … Continue reading →

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