Say you are eating the best meal of your life, and there are bites of the food that you just want to savor...that's how the bites of poetry in this book are...delicious morsels that are so filling. Like this opening line, "Overflowing heavens of squandered stars..."
Give it a try. It's a delight and a book that will stay with you, will be pulled from your shelf or off your desk many times in your lifetime.
A fine read over the years, not in a matter of hours or days.
For German speakers, this book has the the German on one page facing the English translation.