this hunger, tissue-thin: new & selected tanka 1995 - 2005

Here are 177 tanka culled from the past decade of Larry Kimmel's work in this genre. Referred to as one of the seminal east-west fusionists, Kimmel covers a wide range of subject matter including a love of land, urban nights, eroticism and philosophical speculation. He uses all five senses, and while his method is imagistic, a certain heightened use of language is the hallmark of his craft.