Invitation to the VoyageBaudelaire is indeed the greatest exemplar in modern poetry in any language, said T. S. Eliot. We experience Baudelaire in myriad ways through his multifaceted writing. His sensuous poemsdreams of escape to an impossible, preferably tropical, elsewheredraw us in with their descriptive and perceptual richness. There is also the bitter, compassionate, and desolate Baudelaire. Ultimately, Baudelaires true genius might reside in his expressive force and