"Die Hauspostille" is punk. Young Bertolt Brecht wrote the poems of this collection between 1916 and 1925, working on the fringes of society. His dark poetry feasts on the eerie beauty of the morbid - a role model for pop culture icons such as Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Tim Burton. The title is a parodic allusion to pious collections of sermons – which are turned inside out. In Brecht’s capable hands, the abysmal is dragged into the light and celebrated; his poetry is dark, wild, and morbid.