Where did you run to, Helmut John,
when you first came to this strange land
and we all teased you for your name?
We claimed it was the wrong way round
when you first came to this strange land.
You tried hard, but whatever you said,
we claimed it was the wrong way round
and then we laughed at your dismay.
You tried hard, but whatever you said,
your choice of words fuelled our judgement
and then we laughed at your dismay.
A lifetime later I wonder ...
Your choice of words fuelled our judgement
and we all teased you for your name.
A lifetime later I wonder:
Where did you run to, Helmut John?
YOU ARE READING
The Traveller and other poems
PoesiaThe Traveller and other poems is a collection of story poems, haikus, villanelles and pantoums.
