Miquel Costa i Llobera: The Pollença poet and his pine at Formentor

Miquel Costa i Llobera was born in Pollença in 1854 and wrote Lo pi de Formentor as a young man. Its subject is a pine in an exposed spot, standing above the sea. If you’ve ever looked up at a tree growing out of the cliffs and wondered how it got there, you already have a way into the poem.

A poem that begins with a tree

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Take the poem with you

We’d read a few lines before heading towards Formentor. Notice where the pines bend, how much rock shows between them and how quickly the view changes as you round a bend. The poem gives you something to look for beyond the next viewpoint.

Further reading: more on Miquel Costa i Llobera.

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