Poet Sara Bueno, of La Línea de la Concepción in Cádiz, gives shape to a work without a title and without conditioning labels. A poem with verses as free as love. Discover ten fragments in no specific order that invite us to stop and reflect; loving more and thus loving those around us better.

When it comes to creating, are you more into ink and paper or do you embrace digital?
In this sense, I’m very much a child of my generation. I grew up between both universes and they coexist without a problem. When it comes to creating, I turn to digital, but I genuinely love paper and I have a huge collection of notebooks. I really enjoy writing by hand; so much so that it’s become one of my hallmarks.

Reading your poem UNTITLED, a special cadence and a specific reference to the sea can be perceived. What do you think your birthplace has contributed to your literary style?
Whoever reaches the sea and breathes… takes it with them forever. If you’re also lucky enough to be born in a coastal city, the feeling intensifies. The love for the sea is something so special that words never run out because they’re never enough. I suppose that’s why I often return to those references: for love and for the infinite. My birthplace gave me the sea and ocean, a taste for everyday life and curiosity.

Historically, female literary references have always been fewer and sometimes silenced. What are the mirrors in which you’ve looked at yourself during your career?
If we talk about female references, Alejandra Pizarnik was a revolution for me. Also Gioconda Belli, Idea Vilariño and Piedad Bonet. It’s very comforting to read other people's emotions, especially those that deal with common experiences, but that unfortunately haven’t been given the importance or space. Luckily, we’re repairing all this for the present and the future.

What other poets, from your generation or not, would you recommend to us?
I highly recommend Miriam Reyes, Szymborska, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sharon Olds, Mary Olivers, Patricia Benito, María Elena Higueruelo, Begoña Abad, Rosa Berbel, Angélica Liddell… and I would say many more. Talent from yesterday and today.

If a picture is worth a thousand words… with what word do you imagine this collaboration with Las Rozas Village?
I'll stick with the words that generate images – and with the images that generate words. If I had to choose just one, for me this collaboration is abrazo (hug). An embrace between universes and – hopefully – on an individual level, for whoever needs it.

Through your publications, you’ve built a faithful community devoted to poetry. Was it something you were looking for from the beginning? What unexpected things have you found through that connection?
It wasn't something I was looking for – I didn't even know it could happen. Social networks today are something very different from what they were ten years ago or more. But I guess that connection is something inherent to poetry, long before the internet. This journey has been something precious and unexpected. I was able to publish unexpectedly, I was able to travel to other countries and meet incredible people through the screen and beyond. These are things that I didn't even dare to dream of.

Social networks and instant messages have changed our way of expressing ourselves. Do you think they’ve influenced your way of writing?
I think that you have to be very aware of everything that can influence you, especially when it comes to people who write and want to be on social networks. In my case, I think it’s influenced the fact that I love to play with brevity. I’m very interested in playing with condensing the greatest amount of emotion in the fewest possible words. I often pursue that very verse that crosses over.

Speaking of social networks, it’s not unusual to find posts in which you show clothes and style references. What relationship do you have with fashion?
I'm intrigued by people's expression through aesthetics in general. I went through a lot of different styles in my teenage years and youth – some more successful than others, honestly. But yes, on a user level I enjoy experimenting, playing with clothes. And beyond dressing, I enjoy learning a little bit about fashion. I feel like it's an art.