Best Taps Poems

Sometimes late at night as we succumb to sleep
We greet creative thoughts beyond those of counting sheep

It’s said Thomas Edison held coins in his hands
That clanged into a bucket noisily as planned

Stirring, he was intrigued by notions for invention
That seemed to emerge from a different...

Continue reading...

Taps to Discovery

“Here, I’ve bought you something
Push this and the bell will ring”
But I want a real toy
Thought that tender little boy

There it stood unwanted went
While time with proper toys was spent
Then one rainy afternoon
Into his mind there came a tune

The plasticy machiney thing
He found...

Continue reading...

When I hear the sound of "Taps" on Memorial Day,
Or hear that plaintive tune when a veteran is laid away,
I try to remain stoical but am easily moved to tears,
As I recall the sacrifices of heroes throughout the years.

Valiant men suffered hardships at their posts...

Continue reading...

At 3 p.m. in every state,
All buglers, young and old,
Will join to play a tune which
On this date has oft consoled.

The song is 24 notes long
And “Taps” is what it’s named.
Its poignant sound reminds us
Of the soldiers death has claimed.

Memorials ensure that those
Whom war of...

Continue reading...

TAPS

Alone upon a windswept hill, a single bugler stands
A song of solace in his heart, his horn held in his hands
Day is done, gone the sun, the mournful notes he blows
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky, the lyric goes

You cannot hear it...

Continue reading...

Taps did play
The Indians had fled
And Custer lay there dead
The soldiers lay all around
But none could hear the bugle sound

If you want to hear
What was told to me
Read my Ghost Soldier pages 1-2-3
They're in my poems on page 3

If I disappoint you I apologize
For the...

Continue reading...

A Soldiers Last Taps
Steve L. Siegel
July, 2015
~:~
Yesterday as I walked among long rows of crosses
To where a soldier was being put to rest
I heard twin sounds of bugles playing taps 
We all stood with heads bent low in prayer
~:~
It brought back thoughts of my fallen...

Continue reading...

Three Cheers for Afghanistan
  Twenty years since US invaded
  Terrorist strongholds raided
    Al Qaeda eliminated
     
Yet ere we depart, it's fallen apart
  Terrorism's once again strong
  The 'government's' the Taliban
Play taps for Afghanistan...

Continue reading...

The old man stood silently, head bowed
Fighting back tears that needed to flow freely
A young Marine was playing Taps on the hill above
He and his wife shattered by the recent events
Holding on to his sanity with the loss of his son
War? What is it good...

Continue reading...

When nightfall descends and the rains tap upon my window 
how do I know the light will come again 
how do I know tomorrow will just not stall 
and I will be stuck 
stuck with thoughts written down in fairy books 
perhaps becoming a prophet...

Continue reading...

Strolling about a military cemetery the other day,
In the distance I heard a solitary bugler play,
Twenty-four haunting notes for an honored son.
"Taps" was rendered for a hero, his faithful service done.

He proudly wore the uniform and felt it his solemn obligation,
To place service above self...

Continue reading...

Into A Corner,

Of Morning Light, 

God Nudges Me,

With A Beautiful Sight, 

I Pay No Mind, 

As It Breaks Through, 

Sadness In Me, 

Sticks Like Glue, 

Paint Away God, 

I Won't, 

Enjoy The View,

God Asks,

"Whoever Heard,

Of Such Hullabaloo?" 

  
     ...

Continue reading...

Eat my shoes
Eat my shoes
Eat my shoes, eat my shoes, eat my shoes
Please -- eat -- my -- shoes
Eat my shoes....

Continue reading...

Heavenly Love Taps

Heavenly love taps
A light knock at the door
To wake me up perhaps
Open up my eyes
You see no lies, nothing feels sore
Father is here to visit;
Nothing abnormal…
And certainly don’t expect anything formal…
I sit up in my bed and thank him for waking me
For the...

Continue reading...

Around five and eight at evening’s rest,
Or anytime raised in solemness,
Taps melancholy notes proclaim,
Farewell to those in honor pay,
With the Lullaby that ends the day....

Continue reading...