Round Six

Yusef: "Rambling on My Mind" by Diann Blakely
Bob: "Injunction" by Frank Bidart

Here the roles are reversed, Bob having chosen Frank. Blakely's invocation of Robert Johnson seems forced to me. Bidart's Blakean meditation has some wit: "the temple / is offended by, demands the abolition of brothel, now theater, now /school."

While it seems unfair to Yusef, who lost in the last round with Frank Bidart, I'm giving the decision to Bob's Bidart poem.

Score after 6:

Yusef: 1
Bob: 4
Tie: 1

Remember: all this is highly scientific.