It’s an honor to have three tanka in the fall/winter 2016 issue of GUSTS, the journal of Tanka Canada and edited by Kozue Ozawa. Here is the first one:
smiles from strangers
amidst the ragged flow
of city streets —
stitching small holes
in the human heart
Tanka by Mary Kendall
Published in GUSTS, NO. 24, Contemporary Tanka, Fall/Winter 2016 (Tanka Canada)
A Poet in Time 
Very nice, Mary! This poem eases the heart.
💛 Thanks, Robin.
Ah, very nice, Mary 🙂
marion
Thanks so much. 💛
Lovely, Mary. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you. 💛
Nice form and feeling
Thank you!