Published version of the Introduction to the anthology Six Galician Poets Introduction to contemporary Galician poetry The editor, Manuela Palacios, and the publishers, Arc Publications, gratefully acknowledge the support of Secretaría Xeral de Cultura, Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia [General Secretary of Culture, Department of Culture, Education and University Administration] in the publication of the anthology Six Galician Poets. This anthology has been prepared in the context of the research projects “Ex(s)istere” and “Eco-fictions”, both funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad /FEDER (FFI2012-35872; FEM2015-66937-P), the research group “Discourse and Identity” (Xunta de Galicia, GRC2015/002GI-1924), and the research network “Lingua e Literatura Inglesa e Identidade II” (Xunta de Galicia, R2014/403)