CONTENTS
| page | |
| [Preface] | 9 |
| Poems | |
| [Séance at Sunrise] | 17 |
| [Silences] | 20 |
| [Presences] | 23 |
| [The Pirates] | 25 |
| [The Sewees of Sewee Bay] | 34 |
| [La Fayette Lands] | 38 |
| Legend of Theodosia Burr | |
| [The Priest and the Pirate] | 42 |
| [Palmetto Town] | 50 |
| [Carolina Spring Song] | 52 |
| The First Submarine | |
| [The Last Crew] | 54 |
| [Landbound] | 65 |
| [Two Pages from the Book of the Sea Islands] | 66 |
| 1. [shadows] | 66 |
| 2. [sunshine] | 69 |
| Negro Poems | |
| [Modern Philosopher] | 72 |
| [Upstairs-Downstairs] | 73 |
| [Hag-hollerin' Time] | 74 |
| [Macabre in Macaws] | 75 |
| [Gamesters All] | 76 |
| [Eclipse] | 81 |
| Poe | |
| [Edgar Allan Poe] | 83 |
| [Alchemy] | 86 |
| [Osceola] | 88 |
| Ashley River Gardens | |
| [Magnolia Gardens] | 89 |
| [Middleton Garden] | 92 |
| Cooper River Legends | |
| [The Goose Creek Voice] | 95 |
| [The Leaping Poll] | 98 |
| [The Blockade Runner] | 101 |
| [Beyond Debate] | 111 |
| [Marsh Tackies] | 112 |
| [Back River] | 114 |
| [Dusk] | 117 |
| Prose Notes and Bibliography | |
| [On the Chimes] | 121 |
| [On the Pirates] | 122 |
| [On the Sewee Indians] | 124 |
| [On La Fayette] | 125 |
| [On Theodosia Burr] | 126 |
| [On "The Last Crew"] | 127 |
| [On Edgar Allan Poe] | 128 |
| [On "Marsh Tackies"] | 130 |
| [Bibliography] | 131 |