The book ʻArcos de los Poetasʼ, a publication by the Provincial Council of Cádiz with the collaboration of the Arcos City Council, has been recently presented, highlighting the emotion its content evokes. The work is the result of the efforts of professor and researcher María del Carmen García Tejera, who has compiled the works of "35 poets born, residing in, or linked to Arcos de la Frontera from the second half of the last century to the present day".

This selection, as highlighted by the president of the Provincial Council, Almudena Martínez del Junco, "reflects the cultural and poetic richness of this beautiful white town". The anthologist, a graduate in Modern Philology and Doctor in Hispanic Philology from the University of Seville, dedicates this work to the poet Antonio Murciano, with whom she shares a deep friendship and a notable focus on flamenco, given his outstanding contributions to the genre's poetry.

García Tejera, also the author of Poesía Flamenca, has published on the popular and flamenco traits in the work of Murciano, an author who has touched hearts with verses such as: "Dear friend Fernando, the one with the dark sounds: You left without saying goodbye, without giving us your final farewell, leaving Cádiz, Jerez, and Los Puertos sad and in mourning".

Beyond her passion for flamenco, which has led her to be part of the Flamencology Chair of Jerez, she emphasizes her love for her "white town", describing it as "a spring, a source, an illuminating focus or beacon, and a transmission of traditional and popular poetry and music, and a wellspring of poets".

The work does not focus exclusively on Antonio Murciano but also includes figures such as Antonio Hernández, the unforgettable Julio Mariscal, Antonio Luís Baena, former mayor Josefa Caro Gamaza, Pedro Sevilla, Juan de Dios Ruiz Copete, Guillermo Sena Medina, and José María Velázquez-Gaztelu, among others, completing the 35 poets featured.

The 229 pages of ʻArcos de los Poetasʼ aim to showcase the unique poetic trajectory developed in Arcos de la Frontera between 1949 and 2024, capturing A.M.'s sentiment: "I would give the best I have, so that some poem of mine, after I am gone, lives among the people".