Round 8
Yusef: from "1000 Lines" by Catherine Bowman
Bob: "Ballad of the Comely Woman" by T. Alan Broughton
Broughton's poem reminds me of the early Creeley. It is a re-telling of a folk-tale about a hag turning into a beautiful young woman:
As I walked out one day
I met on my path a woman
ugly as sin and walking a dog.
She stopped me and said, "Young man, ...
A very memorable poem.
Bowman has her moments, but I can't justify banality like this:
all stupid things, really, it was clear, you
were not happy--your therapist said I
needed to get over my problems with
men, before we think about having kids [...]
The round goes to Bob. Score after 8:
1-6-1.
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