▁Mor é as , ▁Paul ▁Fort ▁and ▁Paul ▁Ver la ine , ▁and ▁also ▁with ▁other ▁contemporary ▁literary ▁figures , ▁including ▁Rub én ▁Dar ío ▁and ▁Oscar ▁Wil de . ▁These ▁enc oun ters ▁c ement ed ▁Mach ado ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁dedic ate ▁himself ▁to ▁poetry . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁he ▁had ▁his ▁first ▁po ems ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁literary ▁journal ▁' E lect ra '. ▁His ▁first ▁book ▁of ▁poetry ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁with ▁the ▁title ▁So led ades . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years ▁he ▁gradually ▁am ended ▁the ▁collection , ▁removing ▁some ▁and ▁adding ▁many ▁more , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁the ▁definit ive ▁collection ▁was ▁published ▁with ▁the ▁title ▁So led ades . ▁Gal er ías . ▁Ot ros ▁Po emas . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁Mach ado ▁was ▁offered ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁Professor ▁of ▁French ▁at ▁the ▁school ▁in ▁S oria . ▁Here ▁he ▁met ▁Leon or ▁Iz quier do , ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁board ing ▁house ▁Mach ado ▁was ▁stay ing ▁in . ▁They ▁were ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 : ▁he ▁was ▁ 3 4 ; ▁Leon or ▁was ▁ 1 5 . ▁Early ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁the ▁couple ▁went ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁Paris ▁where ▁Mach ado ▁read ▁more ▁French ▁literature ▁and ▁studied ▁philosophy . ▁In ▁the ▁summer , ▁however , ▁Leon or ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁advanced ▁t uber cul osis ▁and