Charles Baudelaire (whose birth date was just two days ago), said to be one of the more influential poets of the French symbolist movement, is to me one of the best poets coming out of France.
Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil is one of the most enjoyable reads: odious, mysterious, audacious poems fill that volume, and I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone who might have a flavor for darker (albeit, talented) poets. Baudelaire IS that poet.
