Poetry for Lounging: The hundred most beautiful poems about the art of living, finding the right balance between laziness and activity, haste and rest. Time and leisure are scarce today, with speed defining life. Resistance to this acceleration is already articulated in critical counter-images of the times, in "In Praise of Laziness" (Lafargue) as a counter to restless action, and in "Sweet Idleness" (Storm) as a higher form of the free play of human energies: "Strange word: to pass the time! / To hold it would be the problem." (Rilke) This anthology is dedicated to the colorful possibilities of creating islands in everyday life. It encourages pausing on the "racecourse" (Gryphius) of life, to once again determine one's own course. And it shows how one can indulge in daydreams even without a guilty conscience. Featuring poems by Rose Ausländer, Wilhelm Busch.