Cold Remembered and other poems

<p class=ql-align-justify>David R. Altman's <em>Cold Remembered </em>reveals the impressive range and wisdom of this gifted poet. The titular poem is a heartrending harrowing triptych suffused with Altman's imaginative power. Altman's formal verse soars with lucidity; the sound and sense of these poems conjoin beautifully. I am most impressed with Altman's sonic textures as in an early poem of this multifaceted collection. Through nervy diction even the most macabre of vignettes in Altman's work transcend mere transcription: coyotes had roared into their hunger / and snagged all the deer's life away / but the hide was left intact /like a burlap sack draped over bones. I eagerly await Altman's future work. It inspires me.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>-William Wright</strong> Author of <em>Grass Chapels: New & Selected Poems</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><br></p>