Forget reggaeton or rap: for children in rural Cuba the epitome of cool is writing and singing a ten-line poem -- a art form honed by farmers and preserved over generations. Improvised oral poetry, ...

Gutierrez said he believed the two musical forms were irreconcilable. A good stanza is "a marvelous artistic creation," he enthused, contrasting it with the "obscene" lyrics of some reggaeton hits.