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.
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Thank you. I’m glad you like it.
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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
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And sometimes it was for darker reasons. Children don’t forget.
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Mary, I’ve connected so clearly to this tanka, as many probably has. Thank you for posting your tank.
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Thanks, Connie.
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yes – so many of us can relate
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #8: Mary Kendall’s latest #tanka appears in Cattails!
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Thank you, Frank.
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My pleasure, Mary! 😇
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very poignant Mary
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Thanks, Rachel. 💛
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