In his poems, Matthias Politycki allows lovers, the wounded, dreamers, travelers, and the driven to narrate, sometimes in free rhythms and sometimes in romantic rhymes, what truly matters in life. Strictly structured sonnets stand alongside concrete poetry, casting sharp light on love, death, and the supposed banalities of everyday life. Politycki takes his readers on a journey between local knowledge and worldly wisdom, establishing his own unique tone for the past 30 years. This volume gathers all of his poems for the first time, including those published in various places; it is complemented by a new cycle that leads beyond the temples of Angkor Wat.