Poem: "Dancing in Rain and Sun"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem was inspired and sponsored by rix_scaedu.  In case you're curious, you can read more about Dionysus and Iris.

Dancing in Rain and Sun

One day Dionysus brought his wine
to a party on Mount Olympus.
He and Iris got roaring drunk
and went to dance naked in the rain.

They were so drunk

Comments

[rix_scaedu]

Is the cup bearer supposed to drink that much out of the cup? :)

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Whether he is or not, he usually does. Dionysos spends much of Greek mythology too plastered to walk straight. I always tend to think of him as that guy who dances on the coffee table and has stories told about him forever after.

Re: Well...

[rix_scaedu]

I was thinking of Iris when I wrote that...

Re: Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Fair enough. There are fewer references to her getting drunk, but with Dionysus involved, I figured that was more likely.

[whuffle]

Reminds me a bit of one of the Native American tales of how butterflies came to be...

Totally off topic, I wanted to say that you did an incredible job covering Ace last week. Thank you so much for that. It was really informative.

Any chance you would consider doing a similar round on writing characters with disabilities? Yes, I know that a lot of people have covered this one, but I happen to like the way that you approach this sort of research...

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad you enjoyed the ace posts. They have proven both popular and effective.

I might cover disabilities eventually. I've written about the topic a few times. I'd be more likely to do it if crowdfunded, though. Otherwise it'll have to wait until I need it. That's part of why I wrote the ace stuff -- I kept bumping against those issues in my writing and elsewhere, so when that happens, I tend to sit down and do a piece so I'll have the data in one convenient place.