Sousa Poems - Poems about Sousa

Stan's Band

...Stan was a conductor of a band,
Stan thought he was very grand.
In the park most summer days,
From the bandstand, Stanley plays.
With his bandleaders uniform on,
He ceremoniously raises his bato...

Categories: sousa, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Celebrating the Fourth of July - 2020

...Today, I was reminiscing about Independence Day celebrations of yesterday,
And how happy throngs commemorated the day as compared to today.
Corona virus and rowdy mobs have seized our orderly domai...

Categories: sousa, america, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme

March

...The first two months we tromp and plod
Or trudge or slog or shuffle
While bundled up, accompanied
By cough or sneeze or snuffle.

But now the calendar has turned
And so our pace increases.
Thi...

Categories: sousa, march,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Parade Clown

...A guzzler from Lollapalooza
just joined the parade - P. J. Sousa.
    ‘twixt his  trombone and feet
    he's a trifle off-beat 
The cops coax him "off" to their cruiser.

July 2, 2019...

Categories: sousa, 11th grade, funny,
Form: Limerick

The Marching Band Played John Philip Sousa

...The marching band played John Philip Sousa

My daddy held my hand

Lining the streets elbows to my head

My daddy put me on his shoulders, where I could stand

~

The marching marines stopp...

Categories: sousa, child, nostalgia, patriotic,
Form: I do not know?

Sousa Slept

...Sousa Slept

Sousa slept and slept and when he woke
and rubbed the dust of time away
and wound the clock,
			put on the water,
			snubbed the cat,
			and spread the paper,
so as on every othe...

Categories: sousa, imagination, longing, sometimes,
Form: Free verse

The Band Director

...With her hands poised and ready, she said, “I will see you at the end!”
Then like horses at the gate, the band would all jump in.
At ease directing classical, Sousa, or big band,
It was hang on to...

Categories: sousa, death of a friend,
Form: Rhyme

Where Once

...I used to run on overdrive,
My energy unflagging;
But now, no matter how I strive,
Before the night, I’m dragging.

Where once I partied with the best
And did my share of drinking,
More often ...

Categories: sousa, age, time,
Form: Rhyme

July the 4th

...People do not celebrate
July the 4th abroad.
There aren’t fireworks with which
Observers may be awed.

It’s just another day
Without the red, the white, the blue;
And more than likely, there won’t be...

Categories: sousa, holiday,
Form: Rhyme

The Way Home - 1st Part

...When we think of traveling we most often think of going from one location to another. That’s good but I sometimes like to return in reverie to times in my past. Places where I spent my childhood are ...

Categories: sousa, remember,
Form: Narrative

I May Be No Rambling Poet ((Tar Form))

...I may be no Rambling Poet
I may not be the one-you know it!
I may be no Dani Sousa
I may be the one to lose her
I do have something to say.
I am sure of this:
I Will not be as great a poet as o...

Categories: sousa, passion, may,
Form: I do not know?

Missing You (Tribute)

...Tonight we all trembled at the thought of you gone
You did not get to see today's sunrise at dawn
Or smell the mornings dew on the fresh grass
the finger prints that are still left on your glass
...

Categories: sousa, lost, lost,
Form: I do not know?