Yaxkin Melchy is a self-published Mexican poet and founding member of the Red de los poetas salvajes [Savage Poets’ Network], an online community of emerging poets and artists based in Mexico City. This article reflects upon the process of translating Yaxkin’s most recent book of poetry, published in 2012, entitled Los Planetas [The Planets]. It concludes with a sample of four translated poems. The poetry contains a significant degree of wordplay and intertextuality, language use with scientific jargon, hypnagogic space fantasies, and self-reflection.