From Self-imposed Distance (i Stand Back From The Streetlight At Her School Gate) To A Distance That Cannot Be Bridged In A Single Lifetime, The Poems In Theo Dorgans Extraordinary New Collection Tell The Story Of Orpheus, The Musician-poet, From Artistic Awakening Through To The Cost Of Remaining Faithful To His A Book Presented In Two Halves, And Composed Throughout In Sapphics In English, One Of The Most Challenging Of Poetic Forms Dorgans Contemporary Orpheus Is Part-drifter, Part-troubadour, Part-lover, Recognising Deeper Patterns In His Behaviour, But Always Of This Place And Time. In The Books Second Half, The Locus Shifts Farther Out Into Mythic Space With A Parallel Narrative From The Greek World That Both Mirrors And Interweaves With The First Halfs Here-and-now.together They Offer A Fresh, Adventurous And Unexpected Take On A Foundational Mythic Figure.