The rules for the final round are simple. Each contestant will have one minute to compose a 4-line poem that ends with the special word, and best poem wins the big prize. They are both shown the special word, "Timbuktu", and they begin. After a minute of writing, they step to the podiums to present their entries to the crowd.

The student from Princeton goes first.

"Across the hot Sahara sands, Rode the dusty caravan, Camels marching two by two, Destination Timbuktu."

The crowd goes nuts. What a poem! They feel there's no way the next one could top it.

The hillbilly, humble but confident, steps forward and delivers his poem.

"Me and Tim a'huntin' we went, Met some whores in a pop up tent, They were three and we was few, So I bucked one and Tim bucked two."