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Talented Poets

The poetry is the best part of
the magazine, and in the poetry the
trend is from apocalyptic fat to
physical lean. Kerney Rhoden's
"The Renaissance" is impressive in
its intellectual vivacity; it is
probably the most ambitious work
in Unicorn, although one's
enjoyment of its imaginativeness is
rather reduced by a certain loose,
indulgent style, an attempt to write
in the grand manner which
occasionally sounds too much like
the mannerisms of grand poets.
Also, Mr. Rhoden's conception of
"The Renaissance" is very baroque.
Jeff Dalke's poems try to present
complex emotions in simple
language, but I wish he had made
the language still simpler; in any
case, "Winter Song" is the work of
a talented young poet.