Romelia Alarcón Folgar, a journalist, was part of the poetic trend that began with the “Generation of ‘27”. She transposed into her inner world, filled with tenderness and the everyday things that surrounded her, in such a way that the most prosaic subject became an aesthetic category, thus breaking with a whole tradition of poetic and antipoetic themes. Her politically engaged poetry denounces women’s lack of freedom and creates brilliant images and metaphors with the aim of fully realising women’s potential in perfecting poetic speech. Self-taught, she befriended contemporary intellectuals and artists, allowing her to experience the avant-garde aesthetic movements, which she assimilated to her poetry without losing the personal touch of her lyrical style, and by creating an original language that recalls European and South American Surrealism. Her poetic works include “Llamaradas” ([Flames], 1938), “Viento de colores” ([Wind of Colours], 1957), “Día vegetal” ([Day of Plants], 1958), “Vigilia blanca” ([White Vigil], 1959), “Claridad” ([Clarity], 1961), “Poemas de la vida simple” ([Poems of Simple Life], 1963), “Plataforma de cristal” ([Crystal Platform], 1964), “Pasos sobre la yerba” ([Steps on the Grass], 1966), “Tránsito terrestre” ([Terrestrial Passage], 1970) and “Tiempo inmóvil” ([Still Time], 1972).
