Alta publishes work from acclaimed West Coast poets meant to inspire and reveal insights into life across California and the West. Here are four poems from 2019, which include titles by a father and his daughter, a reflection on creativity and prison, and an examination of marriage. To borrow a line from Luis J. Rodriguez, we hope “the blood” of these poems “is what flows in all art, stages, films, books.”
By Katie Peterson
Pluato and Luca Walk Into a Bar
By Ishmael Reed
Like an Old Friend Whom You Had Given Up for Dead Rain Returns to Oakland
By Tennessee Reed
Make a Poem Cry
By Luis J. Rodriguez
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