Ilustrated Poems

The 16th edition of the annual event 'Barcelona Poesía' would soon be on again. The brand new novelty the 'Illustrated poems', in the year 2008, was proven so popular it has since been repeated each year. If graphic novels are enjoying triumph beyond all expectation, why not graphic poems indeed?

It's the brain child of Gabriel Panella and the artist Juanjo Saez. They had selected a good collection from more than 100 poems published in recent years by renowned poets, beautifully illustrated now, and these were pasted on the windows of 6 Barcelona metro trains for a whole week before the event, forming one of the 100 different activities, all have something to do with poems of course, during the popularly termed Poetry Week.

The idea is a fusion of popular art of the majority, the comics, and that of the minority, poetry. They were confident that it would combine perfectly and be appreciated by the public, even those who didn't normally read poems; they were right. Like the well loved musical comedies, harmonious combination of music and good laughs. I think good poetry is a form of music as well, to the senses and emotions, in a recital, even to the ears.

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