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Flowers of Evil [1]

Poetry [2]
6.25.13

On June 25, 1857, French poet Charles Baudelaire published his book Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil), which led to his conviction on charges of blasphemy and obscenity. Here's a sample: "Huddled, teeming, like gut-worms by the million, a clutch of Demons make whoopee in our brain and, when we breath, Death floods our lungs, an invisible torrent, muffled in groans." Get good and dark: Read a bit from Flowers of Evil [3] then write a short poem. Unleash the gut-worms!


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/flowers_of_evil [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/poetry [3] http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36098/36098-h/36098-h.htm