Poetry by Ardath Mayhar

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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