She showed me the cemetery’s letter, vehemently shaking the paper. Their earthly stay expired, your bones must be picked up. She had secured the plot of land with a row of linden trees, not imagining what we were about to enact, your new unburied capacity. The house was freezing, a single lamp turned on. Impatience […]
Alejandro Méndez
ALEJANDRO MENDEZ, a lawyer and poet, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1965. His poem “Gift for Languages” belongs to an unpublished collection entitled Cosmorama, while “Under the Linden Trees” belongs to another unpublished collection entitled Pólder.
Gift for Languages by Alejandro Méndez (translated by Laura Chalar)
On his motorcycle, far from the Prague of his birth, Mateo knows strength comes from speed. To be one with the machine, in a straight line, even in bends. Aerodynamic device, body at the service of wind. Only a calculation error, the wrong acceleration in a blowout, leads to collision. After the crash, he stands […]
Contributor Bios for Issue 5 Spring 2012
Issue 5 Spring 2012 ALYSE BENSEL is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at Penn State. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Cider Press Review, The Summerset Review, and Foothill Poetry, among others. When not engaged in her teaching and studies, she volunteers for a cat rescue and participates in a work-share program at a local CSA farm. […]
MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 5 Spring 2012
FEATURED ARTIST Sheng Qi Painting without Colour: A Gallery NONFICTION Helen DeWitt Experimental, Interstitial, and Hybrid an interview with Helen DeWitt conducted by S. P. MacIntyre Alan Heathcock Never Not a Writer an interview with Alan Heathcock conducted by Okla Elliott Amy Holwerda Like the Wine of Our Red Alaska FICTION WinLo333 Sob Stories Gerard […]
