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



Starvation
L.S. Ongley
22 March 1945

Theres nothing left in the larder
Not even a crumb of dry bread
The knock in my stomach grows louder
Repeating the throb in my head
The coffee is tasteless and bitter
No breakfast of hot eggs and ham
Meat is a dish quite unheard of
Including the butter and jam
One parcel is all that is needed
Canadian or British will do
I would finish the lot in an hour
Excepting the milk and brew


Concentration Camp 357.
Fallingbostel. Hanover. Germany.