These poems are “an intoxicating soul dance—alive, spontaneous and free” (Albuquerque Poet Laureate Anna C. Martinez). Here, renowned New Mexico author V. B. Price reflects on the underlying and ever-present reality of grief in all our lives. The gradual loss of friends and family, and the vacancy and longing they leave behind, is as close to a universal human condition as anything could be.

So how do we heal? Through these three poetic series—“Orpheus the Healer,” “Emotion,” and “Rio Grande Elegies”—Price connects the universal and the personal, structuring the flow of life and loss that runs through all our histories.

This paperback edition is run on 50# creme paper with a matte laminate finish, printed and bound in the United States.

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