Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAMP, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: He came from where he started Last Line: "oh, I come from where I started!" Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Poverty; Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes | ||||||||
HE came from where he started And was going where he went. He hadn't had a smell of food, Not even had a scent. He never even muttered once Till he began to talk, And when he left the kitchen door He took the garden walk. He said: "There's no one with me, Because I am alone; I might have scintillated once; My clothes have always shone. I got here 'fore the other ones Because I started first: The reason I look shabby is Because I'm dressed the worst." Then I asked him where he came from -- This was just before we parted, And he muttered indistinctly, "Oh, I come from where I started!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUMS, ON WAKING by JAMES DICKEY A FOLK SINGER OF THE THIRTIES by JAMES DICKEY WANDERER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by CLARENCE MAJOR THE WANDERER by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN LONG GONE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A VAGABOND SONG by BLISS CARMAN THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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