For those of us living in joy in spite of our selves.
Three Poems from The High Alone

Nullius in verba
V.B. Price has lived in New Mexico since l958, mostly in Albuquerque’s North Valley, writing poetry, journalism and non-fiction. His website is vbprice.com.
For those of us living in joy in spite of our selves.
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A poem by V.B. Price For those of us who, unlike the God of Medicine, do not see death as a failure but an open door. Perfectcomforter, cleandoctorcalling our dreamsto heal us,our unchainedtrustto end our pain,immortalitywas your onetransgression:Not your own vice, but the sinof arrogance in the serviceof compassion:Zeuscrushed youfor it. Death,the only escape— to […]