Cold Remembered and other poems by David R. Altman

“David R. Altman‘s Cold Remembered 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.”

–William Wright, Author of Grass Chapels: New & Selected Poems

David R. Altman, an Ohio native who resides in Hoschton, Georgia, was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year for his 2014 chapbook, Death in the Foyer (Finishing Line Press). His poem “Picking Up My Crying Father at the Airport” was published in the July 2017 edition of the American Journal of Poetry and his poem “Turning Away from Sarah McLachlan” was published in the December 2017 edition of the Blue Mountain Review. His poem “Cold Remembered” was published in the Riza Press’ Multimedia Poetry and Art Journal in January 2020.

Altman, 69, is a columnist for MainStreet News, Inc. which operates five weekly newspapers serving northeast Georgia. He has been married for 46 years to his high school sweetheart, Lisa Roberts Altman. They have three grown daughters and seven grandkids. Altman is currently working on a third collection of poems and a memoir.

He can be reached at altmandavidr@gmail.com or through his website at www.davidraltman.com.