Marie & Josephine: A Long Poem

This long poem is the tale of Marie and Josephine, and of their love story.
The beginning of the poem/tale relates to the Greek Myth of Demeter (the Goddess of Nature, responsible for maintaining of earth) and her daughter, Persephone, who has been carried off by the God of the Underworld. Demeter, while desperately seeking the girl, abandons her responsibilities. Then, at a well, she meets Baubo, the wise woman/witch. In the poem Demeter represents aspects of Marie, and Baubo is to some ext...