Ponç Pons has published poetry, theatre, fiction and children's stories. He has taught Language and Literature at Secondary School. He studied at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Mallorca). It is defined by two words. The first is Illòman, because of its menorquinity, and the second is 'Escriviure' (Write and Life), a definition of intentions that brings together, in an invented word, the capacity and need to combine writing and living. He usually writes from Sa Figuera Verde, in the middle of the countryside and surrounded by animals, with the names of illustrious writers, in the municipality of Alaior.

He is an excellent connoisseur of Portuguese, French and Italian literatures. In 2011, he was named writer of the year by the government of the Balearic Islands.

He has published, among others, the narrations Vora un balcó sota un mar inaudible, the novels L'hivern a Belleville (1984, first published under the title Cor de pàgina esbrellada), Entre el cel i la terra (1996, Premio Guifre de Colonya) and Memorial de Tabarka (1993), the play Lokus, Dillatari (2005) and the children's stories Miquelet el futbolista, El drac Basili, El vampiret Draculet Draculet (1992). 

As a poet, he has published Al Marge (1983), Lira de Bova (1987), Desert encès (1989, nominated for the National Literature Prize), On s'acaba el sender (1995, Ciutat de Palma Joan Alcover Prize), Estigma (Barcelona Jocs Florals Prize and Josep Maria Llompart Critics' Prize), El salobre (Carles Riba Prize, 1996), Abissínia, Pessoanes and Nura (2006, Viola d'Or als Jocs Florals, Serra d'Or Critics' Prize and National Critics' Prize). 

It has been translated into German, English, Chinese, Portuguese and Hungarian.