!!!MORTAL KOMBAT POETRY SLAM!!!!

Sorry for the delay -- had a lot on my plate this week. Everyone's on pins and needles, I'm sure!

Results of Bout Four!

25.) Cowboy poet Baxter Black makes a ghost girl of Amy Gerstler
26.) Kimiko Hahn gives Henry Real Bird that driftwood feelin'.
27.) Terrence Hayes hip checks Lord Buckley
28.) James Still is leaving the door open for David Ignatow
29.) Sparrow goes up in a bad poetry explosion. Winner: Bob Flanagan
30.) What we carry away from this bout is that Matt Cook trumps Dorianne Laux
31.) Rachel McKibbens agrees with Ruth Forman that poetry should ride the bus -- outta here!
32.) And in the bout that had to happen, Scott Woods beats Morris Stegosaurus by a hare!

And that's the end of Round One! Half our poets are gone. Whose literary cuisine reigns supreme?

Bout Two, Round One Begins!

1.) Wammo vs. Marc Smith
2.) Donald Hall vs. Lee Renaldo
3.) Jimmy Carter vs. D.A. Powell
4.) Alicia Ostriker vs. Joseph Brodsky
5.) Cecilia Woloch vs. Maurice Sendak
6.) “Mighty” Mike McGee vs. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
7.) Marty McConnell vs. Ben Johnson
8.) Tess Gallagher vs. Mona Van Duyn

FIGHT!!!