Fans of Charles Baudelaire - what are your favorite poems?

Question

I've not read anything by him yet, but I've heard good things about him and the few quotes I've read from his poetry have made me want to read more.
I found a site with English translations of his "Flowers of Evil" but I'm not sure which poems to read first.

I love good poetry but have found I can only take it in small doses. When faced with a huge amount of poems to read I find myself breezing through them too quickly.
So which few are your favorites?

(I cannot read them in French so please give me English titles. I had a poetry teacher tell me that reading translated poetry is like kissing through a handkerchief. But alas, I have no choice.)

Thank you!

Answer 1

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favorite poem is The Albatross

Source(s):

http://users.telenet.be/gaston.d.haese/b…

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Thanks!
Wow... that really is a good one.

Answer 2

I looove Charles Baudelaire! My favorites.....hmmm....thats hard!....I like the Living Flame and The Remorse of the Dead!

Source(s):

http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/baudelaire_charles.html