Alta Journal published a dozen poems across the pages of our magazine and website this year. They include ruminations on death and injustice, the intimacy of friendship and family, and a brilliant yet underappreciated mind.
“For Mike Davis”
By Mike Sonksen
“A Brief History of Pomona House Parties”
By Michael Torres
“grief logic #6”
By Crystal AC Salas
“Qualifying Animacy”
By Crystal AC Salas
“Lady Stardust”
By Ishmael Reed
“Rain Break”
By Kim Shuck
“Echoes”
By Kim Shuck
“Friend Poem”
By Rachel Richardson
“Fog Poem Number 71”
By Tongo Eisen-Martin
“Friendship”
By John Freeman
“Take to the Days a Fist of Starlight”
By Mai Der Vang
“Our Son Comes Over”
By David L. Ulin
