Round 2

Yusef: from "A locked Room" by Beth Anderson
Bob: "The Pearl Fishers" by John Ashbery

Anderson's poem is written in smooth, eerie prose-poetry. It reads like an Oulipean parody of a detective novel, and out-Ashberys Ashbery's conventional Ashberian lyric. I reject the idea that to defeat the champion, you need to score a decisive victory. The Anderson poem is a more imagiinative choice than picking one more poem by Ashbery.

Score after 2 rounds:

Yusef 1
Bob 1