"It was dark, the moon shone bright": The themes of this poetry collection range from midnight mice and moon sheep, summer nights, farmers' sayings, and moon enthusiasts to the man in the moon. It includes classics such as Matthias Claudius' "Evening Song" and Karl Enslin's "Good Moon, You Go So Quietly," as well as moon poems by Mascha Kaléko and Marie Luise Kaschnitz. From nights in war or in prison, to moonlight by the sea or in the big city: The most beautiful moon poems, vividly and unmistakably staged by Reinhard Michl: "It was as if the sky had quietly kissed the earth.".