Although I likely heard of him somewhere or the others, when Mountain's album Flowers of Evil came out in 1971, the references to Les Fleurs du Mal captivated me. I was en route to becoming a German major, but I still pushed myself to get enough French to look at bi-lingual editions.
Before long I was emulating Baudelair by drinking lots of coffee and smoking a lot of tobacco, just as he did. And I wrote some poetry. Eventually I decreased my caffeine and nicotine intake, Eventually the poetry stop
ped for some time.
I will put Baudelaire on my lengthening list of poets to read again. This article below captures him perfectly.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/how-charles-baudelaire-became-france-s-first-rock-star-1.3202375
Before long I was emulating Baudelair by drinking lots of coffee and smoking a lot of tobacco, just as he did. And I wrote some poetry. Eventually I decreased my caffeine and nicotine intake, Eventually the poetry stop
I will put Baudelaire on my lengthening list of poets to read again. This article below captures him perfectly.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/how-charles-baudelaire-became-france-s-first-rock-star-1.3202375
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