Underworld

I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra by Ishmael Reed
I am a cowboy in the boat of Ra,
Proverbs of Hell by William Blake
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy
The Aeneid, Book VI, [First, the sky and the earth] by Virgil
First, the sky and the earth
Medusa by Patricia Smith
Poseidon was easier than most.
Silence Raving by Clayton Eshleman
Patters, paters, Apollo globes, sound
The Bistro Styx by Rita Dove
She was thinner, with a mannered gauntness
Descriptions of Heaven and Hell by Mark Jarman
The wave breaks
Slim Greer in Hell by Sterling A. Brown
Slim Greer went to heaven;
The Pomegranate by Eavan Boland
The only legend I have ever loved is
How Can It Be I Am No Longer I by Lucie Brock-Broido
Winter was the ravaging in the scarified
Styx by Dana Levin
You put a bag around your head and walked into the river
A Myth of Devotion by Louise Glück
When Hades decided he loved this girl
Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen
It seemed that out of the battle I escaped
The Philosophy of Pitchforks by Sue Owen
In the dark pit of hell
Orfeo by Jack Spicer
Sharp as an arrow Orpheus
A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud
A while back, if I remember right, my life was one long party
Hellish Night by Arthur Rimbaud
I've swallowed a terrific mouthful of poison
Canto XIV by Ezra Pound
Io venni in luogo d'ogni luce muto
Inferno, Canto XIV by Dante Alighieri
Love of that land that was our common source
Hades' Pitch by Rita Dove
If I could just touch your ankle, he whispers, there