Entre el cuerpo y el espíritu en la poesía de Piedra y Cielo

Abstract

The two seemingly opposing realities: the body and the spirit, have always been the source of the inspiration for the artists of the different times and cultures. In Colombia of the 1940s the new poetry group was developed and called “Piedra y Cielo.” The group redefined the Colombian poetry of those times by introducing numerous changes and innovations. The name of the group (which literally means ‘the Stone and the Sky’) alludes to the two dimensions of our life: the corporeal and the spiritual. Hence, the naming suggests that the poetry created by the group would seek for and demonstrate the relationship between the two dimensions. Thus, this article is to analyse the way that the “Piedra y Cielo” poets understood the role of the relationship in question while working on their poems ‒ in accordance with their theoretical commentaries and how they reflected this understanding in their poetry.