Poetry by Ardath Mayhar
Bibliography: Ardath Mayhar: Poetry
Award List
Awards:
The Poetry Book Award, Southwest Writers' Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, 1953, split with Raeburn Miller;
The Sonnet Award, SWC, 1952;
publication award, book of poetry, JOURNEY TO AN ENDING, Pineywoods Writer's Conference, Nacogdoches, TX, 1964 (Pub. by South and West, Fort Smith, AR, 1965);
Margaret Haley Carpenter Prize, THE LYRIC, 1988;
Jean Milliken Award, best poem of Summer 1989 issue of THE LYRIC
many more I cannot recall.
Poetry
A KIND OF DEATH, With Wings, long narrative, Fantasy Book 1985
ABSTRACT IN EARTH TONES, Swordsman Review, circa 1970-71
AILING MOON HAIKU, Haiku Highlights, Nov., 1967
THE ANSWER, Haiku Highlights, Feb., 1968, won best short poem award
AS WINTER BIRCH, Western Poetry, April, 1977
BEING IN TRANSIT, long narrative, Acc. Ellipsis 1990
BLIND HANDS, MOWING, Jean's Journal, 1959
BLOOD MEAD, Fantasy Book, 1985 long narrative
BOY WITH A THORN IN HIS FOOT, Voices International, 1970
BRONZE HEAD OF A WOMAN, Major Poets, 1976
BUTTERFLY HAIKU, Haiku Highlights, 1968
BUZZARD, Prairie Poets, no date
CAGED BIRD, Oregonian Verse (The Portlend Oregonian), 1968
CARILLON, sonnet, YOUNG AMERICA SINGS, 1946 anthology, as above
CARILLON, SONGS OF YOUTH, A National Anthology, Poetry Society of America
CATCHING GRAMPA, acc. Re Arts & Letters (REAL), Fall, 1990 ed.
CHILD IN THE NIGHT, Oregonian Verse, 1971
THE CIRCLE IN THE WOOD, acc. REAL (SFA Univ) 6-1993 long narrative
CIRCUIT, took third place, Cyclotron Award, Poetry Soc. of Tex., 1965
THE CLEANSING OF SELENATH, acc. 7-17-93 Midnight Zoo
COIL, cinquain, won cinquain award, Southwest Writer's Conference, 1959; Pub. Fireflower, Feb., 1968
A COLD AND SLANTING RAIN, The Lyric, Winter, 1989
COMMUNICATION TO AN ASTROPHYSICIST, Driftwood, 1971, won Ione Mertes Award.
COMPUTER, First Place, Pineywoods Writer's Conference, Nacogdoches, TX, 1965, Publ Imprints Quarterly, 1967
CONCERTO BY MOZART, Quintessence, 1964
CONJURE WOMAN, long narrative, Eldritch Tales, Fall 1989
CONTACT, Anerican Bard, 1970
CORRIDA OF THE BLOOD, Oregonian Verse, circa 1976
COUNTERCLAIM, Literary Calendar (no author's copy, no date available)
CREEK-BED COUNTRY, The Lyric, Summer, 1990
DANCER, Bitterroot, Summer, 1972
DANDELION, Poet's Corner, Long Island Kernel, 1967
DESCRIPTION, Epos, Winter, 1963; (Journey to an Ending chapbook)
D'HIVER, Poetry, London-New York; Reprinted American Bard, no date
DISPLACED PERSON, Oregonian Verse, 1973
DOMINION, sonnet, won The Youth Prize, Texas Poetry Society, 1951, published in 1952 TPS Yearbook
DOWN IN THE CORN, Young Pub. Anth. 1976
DRAGONFLY, American Poet, 1968
DREAM CAR, Young Publ. Anth., 1976
DRUNKEN OLD WOMAN, South and West, Spring, 1968
THE EARTH SPOKE, Texas Quarterly, 1976
EAST TEXAS JUNE, 1939, Texas Quarterly, Acc/ Nov. 1989 for future use.
ENCOUNTER IN AFTERGLOW, Quintessence, 1964
ENDING OF A SONG, CycloFlame, 1973
ESCAPE OF JOCK HOLMAN, Horizons West, acc. 11-27-89 long narrative
EXPRESS TO SOMEWHERE, Fine Arts Discovery, 1972
FENRIS AT THE DOOR, Haiku Highlights, Jan., 1971
FEVER DREAM, Driftwood, 1971
FINAL PLANETFALL, long narrative, Fantasy Review, Feb. 1985
FIRE OF THE NIGHT, Poetry, London-New York;reprinted American Bard, 1965
FIVE GULLS FLYING, American Bard, 1969
THE FOREST WAITS, Writer's Journal, Summer, 1993, Vol 14 #3, Page 48
FORGOTTEN CYNTHIA, The, long narrative,
FROM WINTER CORNFIELD, Jean's Journal, 1973
FUGUE, sonnet, The Lyric, 1988; reprint 1989-90 Anthology of Magazine Verse
GRUE, 1985
GENIUS, Cardinal Poetry Quarterly, circa 1968
GILLAM OF CWMFFAN, Long narrative, CycloFlame 1985
GREEK RACEHORSE, Oregonian Verse, 1969
GWYNFAER WHO SANG THE STARS Acc. 7-17-93 Midnight Zoo
THE HALF-CASTE DOWN THE WOODS ROAD, Hyacinths and Biscuits, 1971-72
THE HARVESTERS, Fireflower, Nov. 1967
THE HAUNTED ATTICS, United Poets Magazine, circa 1955
HAVEN, Caravan, 1959
HEAD OF MARCUS AURELIUS, Mark Twain Journal, 1968
HORSE-HERD, FLYING, Muse, 1964
THE HUNTERS, Poetry Today, 1976, publication of Major Poets Publications
I AM A PLANET, sonnet, Pied Piper Press Anthology, 1972
I AM THE SILVER MIST, Kaleidograph, circa 1953
I AM A WEARY WARRIOR, The Archer
ICE STORM, The Archer, Winter, 1973
I HAVE MADE MY BONES SECURE, Masques I (horror anth), 1984 pp. 53-55
I, LIKE FIRE, Cyclotron, Summer, 1965
IMMORTAL VINE, Poet's Corner, Long Island Kernel, 1967
INTO THE SHADOWED LANDS, Cyclotron, no copy, no date available
I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN TO JOHN MASEFIELD, American Poetry Association Anthology, Fall, 1982
JOURNEY WITHIN, Flame, circa 1963; J. to E.
THE KEY TO COMPREHENSION, Star*Line (Mar/Apr 1989)
KITE-FLYING DAY, The Lyric, Summer, 1989, won award of $40 as best poem in issue. P. 80
LAST NIGHT WE TALKED, The Archer, circa 1977
LAY OUT MY BONES, Epos, no date
LET US BREAK MOLDS, Flame, 1960; J to E.
MACROCOSM, Quoin, 1974 MASK, Poetry Dial, 1966
MASQUERADE, Green World, 1965
MEDITATION UPON MESAS, Encore, 1975
MOMENT OF CHANGE, Scimitar and Song, 1964
MOON TANKA, Fireflower, June, 1968
THE MURDERESS, Haiku Highlights, 1971
MY GRANDMOTHER PLANTED LILACS, Hyacinths and Biscuits, 1971
NESTING PLACE, New York Poetry Forum Bird Prize, not pub.
NEW-MADE GHOST, Hyacinths and biscuits, 1972
NIGHT HORSES, The Symbolist, 1972
NIGHT OF THE COMET Acc. 7-17-93 Midnight Zoo
NOW I HAVE SEEN A SWALLOW, Driftwood East, 1975
NOW SING OF SWALLOW, Creativity Newsletter, 1973
NUN, EXAMINING A PARTY DRESS, CycloFlame, 1968-69
OBLIVION, sonnet, Scimitar and Song, 1951
OCEAN HAIKU, Haiku West, 1967
THE OLD GRAY-MOUNTED GODS, sonnet, Midland Poetry Review, also MPR Midsummer Annual, circa 1952-53
ONDINEE, acc. STARSONG, for June or Nov. 1990 issue
OUT OF THE BURNING DAYS, Driftwood East, 1975,p. 39
OUT OF THE NORTH, sonnet, Midland Poetry Review, c. 1953
OUT OF THE TURNING EARTH, Spectrum (Univ. of Mass), p. 9, no date.
PALEOLITHIC HORSE, Oregonian Verse, 1970
PARENTS OF TWO, Yearbook of Modern Poetry, young Publications, 1971
PAS DE QUATRE, Green World, 1965
PASSIONATE NOCTURNE, Quicksilver, circa 1954
PERFECTION UNDER GLASS, Columbia Press (newspaper), Sept. 24, 1970
PIER OVER WATER, Quoin, Jan., 1974
A POINT OF LIGHT, CycloFlame, 1976
POTTER'S ENIGMA, Hon. mention, Writer's Digest 1967 Poetry Context, pub. CycloFlame, March, 1974
RAVEL, THIRD SYMPHONY, Imprints Quarterly, Autumn, 1970
RECOMPENSE, Flame Annual, June, 1965
REFLECTION, International Who's Who in Poetry, 1972 anthology; Acc. for Vol XVII, East Texas Poets, due Fall, 1992
REQUIEM, Young Pub. Anth. 1876
REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING, New York Poetry Forum Anthology Peopled Parables , 1975
RITE OF FIRE, Fireflower, June, 1968
SAMHAIN, FULL MOON, long narrative, Masques I (anthology) 1984/won Balrog Award that year
SAVAGE IN SUN-SHADOW, Hyacinths and Biscuits, 1971
SHADOW, American Bard, 1964
SHAPER OF WORDS, Major Poets, 1976
SHENNERET AND THE
SISTERS OF TERROR, acc DEATHREALM for # 16 or 17 long narrative; acc 7-17-93 (reprint rts) Midnight Zoo
THE SILVER CATTLE OF THE SEAS, Kaleidograph, circa 1955
SIR GILES CAME TO THE FOREST OF DESPAIR, Pulpsmith, Spring, 1985 long narrative
SKELETON, sonnet, AMERICAN BARD, 195
SOME ARE BORN OUTSIDE, Flame, circa 1960
SONG FROM THE HILLS, sonnet, YOUNG AMERICA SINGS, 1945 anthology of Texas High School Poetry, National High School Poetry Ass'n, Los Angeles
SPHERE, Scimitar and Song, circa 1964
SPHINX, Flame, 1962; (J to E)
STAR OF THE YELLOW-FUR PEOPLE, long narrative, acc. Beyond, 1990
STRANGE NOCTURNE, Sonnet Sequences, circa 1954
TEMPLE OF DEATH, sonnet, Arizona Quarterly, 1950
TENANTS IN THE ROCK, acc. BorderLand, 1986 long narrative
TEN SPEED TRAP, Encore, 1975
TERMAGANT'S TONGUE, CycloFlame, Spring, 1971
THAT SUBTLE BROOD, Oregonian Verse, 1966
THERE CAME A YEAR, Oregonian Verse, 1976
THERE IS AN ANCIENT FEAR, sonnet, Kaleidograph, circa 1952
THERE IS NO DEEPER VIOLENCE THAN STONE, Arizona Quarterly, 1957 won best poem of year for 1957
THIS SUNSLANT, First place, 1958 Byliners Poetry Forum, Corpus Christi, TX; Pub. Imprints Quarterly, 1968
THREE FATES, WORKING, Acc. The Lyric, Fall, 1988
THUS, Midland Poetry Review, circa 1954
TIGER IN THE SKULL, Cardinal Poetry Quarterly, Feb-Mar., 1972(?)
TIME AND A COLD RAIN, American Bard, 1970
TO A DARK ORATOR, Prairie Poet, 1968
TORNADIC WIND, sonnet, won Sonnet Award, Southwest Writer's Conference, 1952, published S. W. Conf. Anthology,
THIS FRIENDLY SHORE, 1957
TRAP, Oregonian Verse, 1968
TOWARD BROTHERHOOD OF MAN, sonnet, SERMONS IN POETRY, 1946 anthology of Inspirational Poems, Poetry Society of America
TRUTH FROM THE SEED, Christian Living, 1967
TUMULUS, Portland Oregonian, Oregonian Verse, May, 1971 2
UNIFIED FIELD, Voices, 1961
UPON THE VERTICES, Epos, 1957, Epos Anthology, 1958
VARIATION, New Moon, Circa 1953
VIEW FROM THE DIVIDE, Voices International, 1973
VISION THROUGH A GLASS, Yearbook of Modern Poetry, Young Pub., 1971
THE WAITING, Kaleidograph, circa 1953, won Cinquain Award
THE WARNING STONE, acc. HAUNTS Magazine Fall/Winter 1990 pp. 92-93; Reprint rts. Acc. 7-17-93 Midnight Zoo
WEB OF AUTUMN, The Lyric, Fall, 1988, won Margaret Carpenter Award for year, $50. P. 59. reprint 1989-90 Anthology of Magazine Verse
WE HOLD THIS LAND,The American Bard, 1959
WHEN I WAS TWENTY-FIVE, Ortegon State Poetry Ass'n Bulletin, 1974
WILD PLUM'S BLOOMING, Fireflower, May, 1968
THE WINDS WILL CHANGE, DeepSouth Writers and Artists Annual, 1976-77
WINTER NOCTURNE, sonnet, ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN VERSE, 1949, 20th Century Press
WITH THE BRIGHT BUBBLES, sonnet, Epos, Winter, 1967, Epos Anthology, 1958
THE YOUNG ADEPTS, Best in Poetry, 1969
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