For the first time fully edited: all surviving poems of Hugo Ball - including previously unpublished poems from his estate. Hugo Ball's most famous and probably most significant text is likely the sound poem "Zug der Elefanten" ("Karawane"). Ball wrote poetry throughout his life, and no other part of his work reflects his development as well as his lyricism. Nevertheless, the significance of his poems has often been underestimated. During his lifetime, not a single collection of poems was published, despite corresponding plans. As a result, Hugo Ball's poetry was considered highly divergent and seemed to fall apart into individual pieces that had little to do with one another. However, this first complete collection of all of Ball's poems shows that there are many connections between the various lyrical forms. Characteristic is.