Au Pays du Mufle: Ballades et Quatorzains

The collection assembles ballades and quatorzains that combine formal precision and musical, Latinate diction with sharp, often savage irony. Poems range from witty, rhythmically polished ballades to concentrated quatrains that deliver caustic social satire and literary parody, targeting pretension, bourgeois philistinism, and poetic fashions while invoking classical and religious imagery. A preface emphasizes the author's craft, sonic control, and mingling of pagan and liturgical tones. Overall the volume alternates playful mockery and bitter invective, showcasing meticulous rhymecraft and a voice that delights in linguistic virtuosity as much as in corrosive comedy.