«Is there any emotion more present in poetry than love? Centuries pass, and with them, their fundamental poets, and there is no era that is not embraced by a multitude of love poems. That is why those of us who trust in the benefits of its effect like this genre so much. Love, in all its variations and parallel paths, is sometimes a driving force that allows movement and, at other times, a weapon to combat despair. In political and social poems, affection for the homeland or its people appears, and in existentialist works, the same attachment to understanding life and loving its cracks is found. One can read a poem about nature and find in its verses the deep feeling that birds awaken, and at the same time understand the luminous emotion of sadness. All of that is also love: the mixture of experiences, gestures, and ways of seeing and existing. Poetry reminds us of who we are, and Mario Benedetti is one of its best interpreters.
This anthology is a journey through the experience of love in all its forms. For me, as a poet and reader, it has been an intimate experience with the poet and with the man that has left me a little more enlightened. Benedetti humanizes us, puts us on the right side. I invite you to immerse yourself in his poems, enjoy each phase, and let yourself be swept away by each of the emotions they awaken in you».

Elvira Sastre