Who are your last poems for?

There's a couple of years of work in the book, and this time I haven't looked too hard at who I was writing for. When I wrote the stories, most of them, at least almost all of them, were for children and when I wrote them I had children in mind: whether such an old man would like it, whether he would understand it, etc. Not in this one, I've written what came to me in this one. I have noticed, yes, that some of the poems were for adults – Juan Kruz Igerabide has helped me a lot in this, as a consultant during the election; and he also told me, for a couple of poems: “This is for adults, yes, but for children...” – and I’ve eliminated one or two, but most of them are there, and I think they can be suitable for 12-year-olds – they’re not even that young anymore.

What was the subject you had in mind?

I looked at myself and life mostly. And I've seen three pillars: what you see, the world; what you feel inside; and what you read. What I’ve been reading for a long time – whether it’s poetry, prose or a newspaper column – makes me break down and give me seeds for poems.

You've also given importance to the graphic part, haven't you?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Elena Odriozola has illustrated the book to me, and I think the drawings are very beautiful and meaningful. There are trees in which I see life. I've noticed that the branches of these trees are extending until they die; and then another tree begins