"Blue Night is a master class in the prosody and expressive power of short poetry. Kimmel is a post-orientalist, able to draw on tanka, haiku, sijo and the balanced Chinese couplet whilst being beholden to none. This is fine writing, a long stride in the direction of a unified literature." -John Carley, renku poet and translator"Blue Night ... is not a linear experience. The gimbal-eyed poet sees clearly in the clutter and mess of his reality. This...