Antonio Machado is the most significant Spanish poet of the 20th century. This is not a thesis that needs to be proved, it is a fact that is difficult to argue with. Not Juan Ramon Jimenez is a contemporary and friend, a great master of form. The Nobel laureate and not Garcia Lorca, so famous all over the world, with his bright contrasts and truly mythological depth, namely Antonio Machado, a man and poet, turns out to be the magnet that invariably attracts more and more Spanish poets, wave after wave, generation after generation. The Machado phenomenon is all the more striking because this poet is essentially the author of one book.