A book gathers the eyes of four poets about Lanzarote and Menorca
On Saturday, February 24, the first presentation of the poetry book ‘Miradas / Mirades’ took place at the Menorcan Institute of Studies (IME) in Mahón, capital of the Balearic island.
The poets from Lanzarote Daniela Martín Hidalgo, currently resident in Madrid, and Rafael Hernández, who lives on the island, moved there for the event. The two writers of Lanzarote with two other Menorcan poets, Pere Gomila and Silvia Pons, have created an eclectic book of poems that intends to serve as a tribute to both islands for the 25th anniversary of the appointment as Lanzarote and Menorca as Biosphere Reserves.
The idea of the exchange of poetic looks arises from the idea of the current Head of the Publications Service of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Felix Hormiga, also present at the event. Therefore this book of poems is the result of a game in which the poets of Lanzarote look at Menorca and the Menorcans at Lanzarote. To do this, each one separately, moved to the opposite island and for a week they gathered the impact, the impressions and reflections that were born from the experience and that have now been reflected in this book.
The poets, therefore, offer us in this work their vision on the reality of two islands located in two different seas that share the objective of sustainability, respect for nature and environmental quality, while both must count as main source of income with tourism. The presentation on the island of Lanzarote, as well as the poetic recital, will be next March 9 at 12:00 in the CIC El Almacén.
It will have the presence of the participating poets (Silvia Pons, Pere Gomila, Daniela Martín Hidalgo and Rafael Hernández), with the advisors of the Biosphere Reserve of both islands, also present at the presentation in Menorca (Rafael Juan González and Miquel Angel María) and with the project director, Felix Hormiga.
