Larry Kimmel is primarily known as a tanka-poet and writer of haibun, though over the years he has been quietly writing longer poems in free verse form. He has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor and is a frequent contributor to Lynx; Ribbons; red lights; gusts; Eucalypt; bottle rockets; and other haiku and tanka magazines, both domestically and internationally. His latest books of poetry are this hunger, tissue-thin and Blue Night & the inadequacy of long-stemmed roses (Modern English Tanka Press). He lives with his wife in the hills of western Massachusetts.
Spring 2009
Table of Contents - Vol. V, No. 1
Poetry Interview Translations Fiction Book Reviews
Larry Kimmel
The Weight of One Small Death
When I lifted the dead sparrow
from the lawn, it was light,
incredibly light: lighter
than a sheet of paper; lighter
than the bird alive; nearly lighter
than the weight in hand,
which was light – light
as the thought of a bird.
© Larry Kimmel
