Against gloom, bad mood, or lovesickness, sometimes just one thing helps: poems! When they come across as lively, wide awake, light as a feather, high-spirited, cheeky, cheerful, fresh, and joyful, nothing can go wrong. Everything that makes us happy and brings a smile, laughter, and joy is gathered here: poems for every situation in life with wit, charm, and spirit by Bertolt Brecht, Robert Gernhardt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Hermann Hesse, Ernst Jandl, Loriot, Christian Morgenstern, Joachim Ringelnatz, Eugen Roth, Kurt Tucholsky, Karl Valentin, and many more.