Round 36
Yusef: "After Horace" by Carolyn Kizer
Bob: "Felix Culpa" by Timothy Liu
I've read Horace in Latin: he would never rhyme "Licymnia" with "heart will be a." (In fact, he does not rhyme at all). Horace is a master crafstman, and the translation, verging on doggerel, is insulting to his memory. Liu's poem is enigmatic. His explanation in the back is perhaps better than the poem itself, which still wins the round for Bob.
After 36:
12-19-5
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