Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden

Synopsis

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 T. 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 -- Roamer / 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 -- The Sirens' Song / Geoffrey Philp -- Circe's Domain / Geoffrey Philp -- The Cattle Of The Sun God / Geoffrey Philp -- A Nouveau Looks At A Bearden / Ishmael Reed -- Bearden: Mask's Order Of Riddle / Ed Roberson -- Mosaic / Tim Seibles -- Coastal / Matthew Shenoda -- Circe / Odysseus / Black Odysseys (a Remix-collage) / Evie Shockley -- Fixed On A Furious Star / Patricia Smith -- Realm Of 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. Edited By Kwame Dawes And Matthew Shenoda ; Foreword By Derek Walcott.