The Gallows Songs

A collection of dazzling, playful, and linguistically inventive poetry by one of Germany's finest writers, in a classic translation that honors the author's amazing verbal acrobatics. Christian Morgenstern’s The Gallows Songs are some of the most delightful and imaginative creations of twentieth-century German poetry. Composed originally after an outing Morgenstern took with his friends to Gallows Hill near Potsdam, these lively, puckish poems envision Gallows Hill as a fantastical world populat