Alta Journal’s Top Poetry 2021
Poems from James Cagney, Ada Limón, and the late Jim Harrison are among the works featured in the past year’s pages of Alta.

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In 2021, Alta Journal published 20 poems, including a special keepsake collection of the final works of poet Jim Harrison. Some of those poems are included here, as are ruminations on Christ, companionship, and cancel culture. Lose yourself in these pieces from some of the West’s most talented poets.