Charles Baudelaire In Extremis Comments
Partially paralyzed, rendered
speechless after a stroke,
the dying poet argued with his doctor,
a fashionable atheist, about
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I found this very moving. After discussing the poet's framing of his works under the title of 'Flowers of Evil, ' I hope he found salvation in the earthly sunset before ascending. I detect a difference in this writing from some of your other work. It is less flowery and more terse in the writing. The words are beautiful, however, and well encapsulated in the moment here. The idea of the sky's view of the landscape is amazing!
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8/4/2025 3:09:08 PM # 1.0.0
This is as vivid as a painting.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Linda. All of us benefit from these comments by our fellow poets, we need to feel a community of like-minded around us. //Baudelaire was one of the poets who made me write poems. I wanted to experience the creativity that pours forth in his poems.