"We of Dionysus" is the Fifth canto of Kit Ludlow's art-poetry epic, Orpheus. The poem follows "City of Time", "Lotus of the Outis", "Bedouin of Bedlam" and "Sheol". Years have passed since Orpheus journeyed into Hades to retrieve his wife. That adventure failed due to his cursed look back. After Bedlam, the famed poet wandered into Sheol, a forgotten underworld. He had no narrative; only lyrical verse to make sense of the world. In the fifth canto,...
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