 Heermann started out writing Latin poetry, with his "Flores ex Otfridi Evangeliorum vireto" being published in 1609.The poems contained in this collection are Latin poems based on passages from the Gospels, yet for each Latin poem, one or two lines of German poetry were added, showing that Heermann had an early desire to write poetry in German too.Later works also belonged to the tradition of versifying passages from the Gospels, such as "Andächtiger Kirchenseuftzer" (1616), "Exercitium pietatis" (1630) – a revised version of "Flores" – "Verbessertes Schliessglöcklein" (1632) – a revised version of the "Kirchenseuftzer" – and "Sontags- und Festevangelia" (1636).