Poems by Bertolt Brecht
How Fortunate The Man With None
... It's courage that had brought him to that state ...
My young son asks me...
... Of bread are more than one's about all you'll end up with ...
The Mask Of Evil
... The mask of an evil demon, decorated with gold lacquer ...
To Posterity
... For we went,changing our country more often than our shoes ...
What Has Happened?
... about tithes. The generals are putting on civvies and looking like bank clerks ...
O Germany, Pale Mother!
... That was invented in your house!Whereupon everyone sees you ...
To Those Born After
... Oh we, who wished to lay for the foundations for peace and friendliness, ...
Alabama Song
... For if we don't find the next little dollar ...
On The Critical Attitude
... But what in this case is an unfruitful attitude ...
Contemplating Hell
... With great leaps of fruit, which nonethelessPossess neither scent nor taste ...
Radio Poem
... The last thing at night, the first thing in the morning, ...
The Solution
... Had forfeited the confidence of the government ...
Mack The Knife
... Fancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear ...
Questions From A Worker Who Reads
... Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finnished ...
Not What Was Meant
... Are more welcome to the arts than the art loverWho is also a lover of the art of war ...