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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.

Poisoning the Wells and Killing the Birds: Silent Spring Coming True

Poisoning the Wells and Killing the Birds: Silent Spring Coming True

October 27, 2019 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

If you think you’ve been sensing this spring and summer a diminishment of the bird population in Albuquerque, and have been aware over the years of what seems like the slow but steady vanishing of insects and amphibians along the Middle Rio Grande Valley, and are wondering if it’s all in your head, it’s apparently […]

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Five Poems from “DEATH SELF,” A Collaboration Between Rini Price and V.B. Price

Five Poems from “DEATH SELF,” A Collaboration Between Rini Price and V.B. Price

October 20, 2019 By V.B. Price 16 Comments

For Rini Price (3/9/1941 to 10/19/2019)

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The Tragedy of Trumpian America: The Wrong Man at Exactly the Wrong Time

The Tragedy of Trumpian America: The Wrong Man at Exactly the Wrong Time

October 13, 2019 By V.B. Price Leave a Comment

Trump’s dirty water rule affects over a quarter million New Mexicans.

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Climate Change Victims of the Future Focus on Failure of Leadership Today

Climate Change Victims of the Future Focus on Failure of Leadership Today

October 6, 2019 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

Greta Thunberg and her peers take action to save the planet while leaders fail to act.

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ASCLEPIUS

ASCLEPIUS

September 30, 2019 By V.B. Price 6 Comments

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 […]

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Death with Dignity in a Culture Like Ours That Values Misery Over Mercy

Death with Dignity in a Culture Like Ours That Values Misery Over Mercy

September 23, 2019 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

The ultimate decision about ending of one’s life should honor an individual’s free will.

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Nuclear Waste Storage: A Con Job on Impoverished New Mexico

Nuclear Waste Storage: A Con Job on Impoverished New Mexico

September 15, 2019 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

Will New Mexicans rise up against two bogus nuclear re-definitions?

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