Abstract: The condemned poet’s brief stay with his mother has at times aroused curiosity among fans and critics, as it results from complex family matters and constitutes an idyllic anchoring for the traveler on the edge of this troubled sea. This article goes back to the texts: those that document the circumstances, the works and the days, the feelings of strained presence between Honfleur and Paris; but it primarily returns to the work itself, coherent and rekindled, whose dynamics may now be rediscovered.
