Léopoldine was a quiet girl friendly but rather reserved

Who without much attention wrote a number of strange poems

These were dismissed at the time as a confectionery

She did not write any known poetry after the age of twenty-four

And later travelled widely with her husband Paul Laval

Today Léopoldine is remembered more for her travel books

And the odd nature of her 1903 disappearance in Peru

Than for the extraordinary poetry of her early years