“What is poetry? you ask, while fixing your blue pupil on mine. What is poetry! And you’re asking me’? Poetry… is you.” These are lines from one of the many Spanish poems written by Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, whose birthday was February 17, 1836. Bastida is regarded as a great… Continue reading “What is poetry? … Poetry is you.” 1836