He (Walter Benjamin) told me that Brecht wrote many obscene poems, several of which he considers among his best, Gershom Scholem recounts in his memoir "Walter Benjamin - The Story of a Friendship." This selection presents examples of these "drastic" poems by Brecht, such as "On the Seduction of Angels," which circulated during his lifetime at best as private prints, as well as well-known love poems like "The Song of Surabaya-Jonny" and "Memory of Marie A.".