▁has ▁called ▁a ▁Par n ass ian ▁mode , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁becoming ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁Catal an ▁regional ist ▁movement ▁and ▁the ▁literary ▁tr end ▁of ▁nou cent isme . ▁ ▁Po etry ▁Gabriel ▁Al om ar ▁is ▁often ▁placed ▁by ▁critics ▁among ▁the ▁po ets ▁of ▁the ▁Es cola ▁Mall or qu ina , ▁but ▁this ▁choice ▁is ▁problem atic . ▁ ▁Al om ar ' s ▁poetry ▁is ▁techn ically ▁rather ▁conserv ative ▁in ▁form , ▁but ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁content ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁fit ▁well ▁with ▁the ▁highly ▁orth odox ▁Catholic ▁belief s ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁po ets ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁school ▁( Ant oni ▁Al cover , ▁Costa ▁i ▁L lo ber a ). ▁ ▁A ▁better - f itting ▁classification ▁is ▁to ▁group ▁his ▁poetry ▁with ▁the ▁Par n ass ian ist ▁stra in ▁of ▁Modern ista ▁poetry . ▁ ▁While ▁Al om ar ' s ▁verse ▁was ▁and ▁is ▁well ▁regarded ▁in ▁his ▁home ▁territory ▁of ▁Major ca , ▁it ▁is ▁his ▁ess ays ▁and ▁journal ism ▁which ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁repr int ed ▁and ▁read . ▁ ▁Journal ism ▁Al om ar ' s ▁period ical ▁writ ings ▁t ended ▁less ▁toward ▁strict ▁report age ▁and ▁more ▁toward ▁a ▁po lem ic ▁style ▁c ouch ed ▁in ▁column ▁form . ▁ ▁His ▁columns ▁often ▁read ▁like ▁speech es ; ▁in ▁fact , ▁as ▁an ▁educ ator ▁and ▁secondary ▁school ▁director , ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁began ▁as ▁lect ures . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁of ▁these