Helbling is the supposed author of 15 small books of poetry.
These poems, composed between 1282 and 1300, are instructional satires written in the form of a dialogue between the poet and his servant.
They thoroughly and wittily describe the current state of life and the social mores in the poet's time.
Also included are poems of a religious nature, some honoring the Virgin Mary.
[1] Helbling was also the proprietor of an arboretum in Nußdorf, a suburb of Vienna.