Foreword / Derek Wolcott -- Introduction / Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda -- Fire psalm / Chris Abani -- Homily / Chris Abani -- From Omni-Albert Murray / Elizabeth Alexander -- A siren patch of indigo / Cyrus Cassells -- The sirens' song, by Romare Bearden / Fred D'Aguiar -- Forest / Kwame Dawes -- Cyclops I / Toi Derricotte -- Cyclops II / Toi Derricotte -- Conjure / Rita Dove -- Cove song / Camille Dungy -- Circe after the feast of kine / Vievee Francis -- Poseidon hears his baby boy crying / Nikki Giovanni -- Circe to her mother / Aracelis Girmay -- O / Aracelis Girmay -- Bearden's Scylla and Charybdis is a picture / Terrance Hayes -- Calypso's magical garden / Major Jackson -- Root worker {middle passage} Marabout / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- The taste of the lotus (London, January 4, 2013) / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- Red{middle passage}path / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- Blues: how many sat underwater / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- Bearden's Realm of shades / A. Van Jordan -- Afrodysseus / Douglas Kearney -- Thirsty souls / Yusef Komunyakaa -- Departure from Troy / Nathaniel Mackey -- Heritage / Adrian Matejka -- The conjure woman / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Tubman / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Among the lotus-eaters / Marilyn Nelson -- Harriet Tubman / Geoffrey Philp -- Odysseus / Geoffrey Philp -- In the realm of shades / Geoffrey Philp -- Song of the sirens / Geoffrey Philp -- Circe's domain / Geoffrey Philp -- Cattle of the sun / Geoffrey Philp -- A nouveau looks at a Bearden / Ishmael Reed -- Bearden: mask's order of riddle / Ed Roberson -- Mosaic / Tim Seibels -- Coastal / Matthew Shenoda -- Circe / Odysseus / Black odysseys (a remix-collage) / Evie Shockley -- Fixed on a furious star / Patricia Smith -- Realm of the shades / Tracy K. Smith -- Auntie Hoodoo speaks / Sharan Strange -- Mythology / Natasha Trethewey -- Romare Bearden's art between 1964 & 1985 / Quincy Troupe -- Spring, 2013 / Lyrae Van Clief Stefanon -- Milton Avenue Cyclops / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Siren songs at the Royal Theatre / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Death series / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Stricture / Crystal Ann Williams.