Nine authors write poems exclusively for readers of EL MUNDO about the crisis caused by the pandemic. Nine Spanish poets from different generations face the disturbing reality that Covid-19 imposes on the planet.

Poetry is one of the best places to meet and reflect. Also a tool to establish new areas of communication.

Culture has become one of the most fertile territories to endure, as a society (and individually), the state of alarm decreed more than 20 days ago by the Government. And the restlessness that this brings along. Poetry is no stranger to what happens, but it also harbors hope. What's more, the best poetry is always in touch with the immediate.

Felipe Benítez Reyes, Ada Salas, Manuel Vilas, Ana Merino, Lorenzo Oliván, Mariano Peyrou, Joaquín Pérez Azaústre, Marwan and Xaime Martínez are some of the most significant voices on the poetry scene in Spain. Here they display their unpublished verses, to accompany the readers, to walk together looking for spaces of light.

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