Round 46

Yusef: "The Loaf" by Paul Muldoon

Bob: "Behind the Orbits" by Jennifer Moxley

Muldoon cannot be dismissed; an historically resonant poem invoking the five senses. Moxley's blank verse meditation is richer in logopeia. It has a weird Victorian tone going on which I can't quite put my finger on. I like the fact that I have a hard time figuring out what she's doing. I have no sense of aesthetic incoherence, as I did with Halliday.

This one's for Bob. Yusef is in a serious slump here. There are some match-ups coming up I'm not exactly thrilled about, like Pinsky vs. Olds.

After 46:

13-25-8