In addition to his picture stories, Wilhelm Busch wrote poems throughout his life and published them in collections. This volume contains a selection of the best and most beautiful poems. Busch is a master of hidden meaning. His verses are so funny, colorful, and well-rhymed that one often does not notice the clever reflection behind them. Yet it is this special blend that makes reading worthwhile. "Wilhelm Busch, particularly the writer Busch, is one of the greatest masters of stylistic precision. I believe - perhaps aside from Lichtenberg - there has been no equal in the German language.".