Baudelaire's poems don't need me to review them; they're funny, scathing, biting, intelligent, dismaying, wonderful. But I do recommend this edition for anyone who'd like to read them in French, but needs a bit of help every now and then. Scarfe's translations are generally quite straightforward, and the book itself is beautiful. I don't know how to describe it except to say this is the highest quality paper I've ever rubbed between my fingers. ( )