æt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, hiː bɪɡˈæn tə pˈʌblɪʃ pˈoʊᵻmz ænd kɹˈɑːnɪkəlz ɔnðɪ ˌɛl bjuːkˈæɹoʊ sˌænʃɪɐɡwˈiːnoʊ, wˌɪtʃ hiː dˈɪd wˌaɪlst hiː wʌzɐ tˈiːtʃɚɹ æt ðə sˌæn fᵻdˈɛl skˈuːl, ɐ pəzˈɪʃən fɹʌm wˈɛɹ hiː wʌz ˈʌltᵻmətli fˈaɪɚd fɔːɹ hɪz ɪntˈɛnsli boʊhˈiːmiən lˈaɪfstaɪl.
At the end of the 19th century, he began to publish poems and chronicles on the El búcaro santiaguino, which he did whilst he was a teacher at the San Fidel School, a position from where he was ultimately fired for his intensely bohemian lifestyle.