Baudelaire's work meant a great deal to me when I was studying for university. I am afraid he is much better in the original French, but nevertheless oddly lyrical and oddly "modern" too.
Wonderful poem, I have never read any Charles Baudelaire, sometimes we are bombarded with too much of anything and everything that the pure simplicity and power is contained in just a few lines.
Wonderful melancholy envelops these lines, allowing for occasional contemplation, but to survive as a poet, one needs more love, motivation, passion, discourse, and empathy in real life.
(Does it actually imply that the promise of love is actually a lie? Not sure how to interpret it 🤔). Such sweet of a lie, worth sacrificing one’s soul for it
Love Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil is one of the finest works in poetry
Baudelaire's work meant a great deal to me when I was studying for university. I am afraid he is much better in the original French, but nevertheless oddly lyrical and oddly "modern" too.
Sublime. Each line has the power of poetry..
Wonderful poem, I have never read any Charles Baudelaire, sometimes we are bombarded with too much of anything and everything that the pure simplicity and power is contained in just a few lines.
Wonderful melancholy envelops these lines, allowing for occasional contemplation, but to survive as a poet, one needs more love, motivation, passion, discourse, and empathy in real life.
Flowers of Evil clearly illustrates the state if Israel under Netanyahu. Dave P
Rereading the poem I realise it is filled with symbols, such as this: “Once our heart has gathered the grapes from its vineyard,
Living is an evil”. The more one unravels from the mysteries of the world the closer he gets of death
I thought that same thing Ethan
“let my heart become drunk with a lie”…
(Does it actually imply that the promise of love is actually a lie? Not sure how to interpret it 🤔). Such sweet of a lie, worth sacrificing one’s soul for it
Quite the beauty of a poem...
Ahhhh.......
Lovely! He has the touch!
What a beautiful poem!