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.