 He drew particular notice for his verses inspired from the work and suffering of railwaymen.His other volumes followed the same direction (including "Cântece de galeră", 1946; "Focul din amnar", 1946; "Un cântec din ulița noastră", 1953, State Prize).However, with time, his lyricism tended toward the epic or became anemic, and remained lively only in the collections of fixed-form poems such as rondels.