War Poems in German & Italian P.O.W. camps.
Sergeant Lynn Sarrell Ongley



Stalag Exercise
L.S. Ongley
15 April 1944

Twenty times a day I walk
Around the compound square
Twice to a mile is ten of the best
Quite a fair jaunt without any rest
A deed not common but rare.
Rainy days I do the same
The lads just stand and smile
On the third time round they point and nod
While I race faster across the sod
A picture of ease and style.


Mühlberg P.O.W. Camp
Dresden. Germany.