Daily Horoscope: Poems
Gioia's work has been appearing in the best journals for some time, so it is rather surprising that it has taken this businessman/poet so long to put togeth er his first collection. Daily Horoscope is an auspicious beginning, certain to receive close attention and high praise. The 47 poems include opposing views of "California Hills in August" and bit tersweet memories of "Cruising With the Beachboys." The title poem's se quence, full of horoscopic injunctions and sensible advice, states the obvious in altogether unusual ways. "One/ more summer gone,/ and one way or another you survive,/ dull or regretful, never learning that/ nothing is hidden in the obvious changes of the world." A collection worth coming back to. J. Patrick Lewis, Integrative Studies Dept., Otterbein Coll., Westerville, OhioCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.