Flowers and blossoms are the messengers of the seasons. With what longing the first crocuses, daffodils, and tulips are awaited and welcomed as signs of the approaching spring. The roses in all their diversity, sunflowers, and hydrangeas accompany us through the summer. And the asters, the bright autumn flowers, sometimes evoke a touch of melancholy, as they herald the impending winter and the transience of all earthly life. A literary stroll through the colorful world of flowers featuring poems by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Else Lasker-Schüler, Elisabeth Borchers, Friederike Mayröcker, and many others.