It is a shame that Brazil has such a significant number of talented poets who died prematurely. Some of them, had they lived another decade or two, would certainly have produced invaluable works. This is the case with Raul de Leoni. What stands out in his Luz mediterrânea is his sincere effort to express what moved him most deeply, despite the prevailing fashion: a demonstration of his awareness of his own individuality and of the path he should follow to greatest advantage. That is why his poetry was original. This clear notion of his own position, knowing how to choose the most appropriate themes and seeking to develop them in the form he deemed fair, ignoring what others were doing or what they would certainly say, is a quality that is difficult to find, most often achieved only after successive mistakes, very rarely present in early creations. Undoubtedly, this poet would have produced an exceptional work.