Keeping your feet on the ground is terrifying. It's scary because reality is a present with over forty wars, on a planet where 1% of humans accumulate almost half of the economic wealth, and in a country where only 1% of the population reads poetry. Nevertheless, gravity compels us to do so. Hopping on tiptoes or on one foot, with one leg in the air, and pretending it's all by chance or the will of gods we don't believe in, we can achieve the illusion of flight. It is in contact with the Earth's crust, where 40% of insect species are already endangered, that we will find a kind of immaterial and intangible reward: grounded and connected, we will feel part of something that has the possibility of moving.

World Poetry Day kicked off the Blai Bonet Year in Santanyí this Friday with a literary walk through the town's streets and the opening of an exhibition at the Blai Bonet House. The activities were organized by the Fundació Mallorca Literària to commemorate the centenary of the poet's birth. The day combined verse, music, and heritage with the aim of filling Santanyí with poetry and celebrating Blai Bonet as one of the most unique and influential voices in Mallorcan literature. The event was attended by the Vice President of the Consell de Mallorca and Island Councillor for Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, who emphasized that this year's celebration has a "special significance" as it marks the beginning of a year dedicated to the author. The central event was the proposal Verse on the road: Blai wake up!A poetic journey through various emblematic spaces in Santanyí combined literature and music. The day began with readings of poems by Blai Bonet, Joan Alcover, and Clementina Arderiu, three authors whose anniversaries are also being commemorated this year. During the walk, poets from various Catalan-speaking regions recited verses by Bonet and their own works at several locations throughout the town. Among the participants were notable names such as Begoña Pozo, Antoni Vidal Ferrando, Miguel Ángel Adrover, Lucía Pallisser, Adrià Targa, and Julia Febrero. The route culminated in the courtyard of the Casa Blai Bonet with readings by Sebastià Alzamora, Miquel Bezares, and Pau Vadell, who closed the event with a poem by the honored author. Following the walk, an exhibition was inaugurated. Hell is the mold At the Blai Bonet House, a poetry center, an exhibition dedicated to the poet's artistic and experimental side is on display until June 14.

Inca will once again become a center of poetry in the coming weeks with the new edition of the Poetry Festival, which kicks off on March 20th in the cloister of Sant Domingo. The City Council has presented a program with a clear interdisciplinary focus, in which verses are combined with electronic music and visual arts to create unique poetic experiences.