One tanka published in:
cattails, October 2018 Issue
The Official Journal of the United Haiku and Tanka Society
told not to tell
or be a bother
a child soon finds
a world of her own
silence
In that silence, poems are born.
I urge all of you to read the full issue of cattails, which you can download as a pdf here: http://cattailsjournal.com/currentissue.html
A Poet in Time 
Oh Wow….yes, very familiar.
Thank you. I’m glad you like it.
Lovely, Mary. I’m sure many of us children were told not to tell when told things by a parent or hearing about problems of relatives. I know I took it very seriously. —- Suzanne
And sometimes it was for darker reasons. Children don’t forget.
Mary, I’ve connected so clearly to this tanka, as many probably has. Thank you for posting your tank.
Thanks, Connie.
yes – so many of us can relate
💛
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #8: Mary Kendall’s latest #tanka appears in Cattails!
Thank you, Frank.
My pleasure, Mary! 😇
very poignant Mary
Thanks, Rachel. 💛