Charlotte Grasnick, who passed away in April 2009, left behind a significant body of lyrical work. The love poems form the backbone of her oeuvre. Created over decades, they trace the story of an intense encounter - from the first meeting through passion and sometimes difficult years of marriage to a late reconciliation, especially with oneself. The conversation with the beloved often becomes a dialogue about beloved things: images and music, theater and poetry. Without wigs and masks. Facing life naked, a poetess penetrates to the core of things here. 'The poem is the time of our arduous paths.'.