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Young Pegasus Poetry Competition

San Antonio's annual poetry contest for children and teens.

Congratulations Young Pegasus Poets (Alphatbetical Order by Last Name)

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1970 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Joan Mellard, Bill Rips, Claude Stanush, Leah Carter Johnston


A

Leticia Austria, 10
"Untitled - Sun"


B

April Barborak, 12
"Spring"

Jeanette Braun, 8
"Spring Sound"

Sally Brown, 17
"Untitled - Forgive my words"


C

Richard Callow, 16
"Majority/Minority Reports--'70"

Mary Jane Chittim, 18
"Down by the Sea"


F

Monita Fontaine, 17
"New Snow"


G

Deborah Green, 10
"The Seal"


H

Linda Hamilton, 15
"Twilight's Obsession"
"Winter's 6:30"

Dianne Holley, 15
"Untitled - hello, mother"
"Untitled - I walked to the bottom"
"Untitled - the world ended"


I

Terrie Ivey, 12
"Rain"


J

Pat Johnson, 16
"The Baby"
"A Child of Adam"
"Franticks"
"Circle"

Walter Johnson, 14
"A Bottle"


K

Tim Kosharek, 12
"A Reading"

Steve Krause, 11
"A Cat"


M

David McLanathan, 17
"Death of a Mouse"

Michael Merry, 12
"Friend or Foe"


R

Melissa Rodriguez, 6
"Untitled - I like the sea"


S

Leonard Schwartz, 11
"The Sea Gull"

Naomi Shihab, 17
"Simple"
"Translucence"


W

Susan Wroe, 17
Untitled - Pale bleakening hills"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1971 Selected Poets!

Judges: Bill Rips, Leah Carter Johnston, Claude Stanush, Amy Freeman Lee, Joan Mellard


B

Jay Brandon, 17
"Brief Thoughts on the Lost Art of Hedonism"

Rhonda Brannan, 11
"A Lone Spirit"

Sally Brown, 18
"Untitled - Mr. Renfro is dead"
"Untitled - the long ground"
"Virtue Unassumed"

John Burrell, 7
"The Little Clock"

Kristen Buschman, 11
"Everyday is a Holiday"


C

Lucy Cargill, 17
"It's Relevation"
"Thus Always Existence"

Karen Carraway, 8
"Make Believe Horse"
"The Big Cow"

Barbara Clapp, 12
"For a Dead Dog"


D

Marianne Dobson, 10
"Baby Chick"


H

Katie Hennessy, 14
"Lord, Where?"
"Tiercel"

Dianne Holley, 16
"Untitled - follow the sun"


K

Becky Kresta, 8
"Night Sounds"


R

Naomi Rodriguez, 12
"Run Silent"


S

Sandra Stewart, 8
"Rain"

Wendy Stierer, 11
"At the Beach"


T

Noel Trevino, 10
"Master of the Sky"

Dina Trodlier, 10
"The Pet Store"


V

Nancy Villareal, 10
"Night Cover"


W

Kathy Wells, 17
"Wordweb Logic"

Angela West, 13
"Haikus: Singing Bird, Remembering, and Forgot"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1972 Selected Poets!

Judges: Leah Carter Johnston, Amy Freeman Lee, Bill Rips, Maxine Hurley, Claude Stanush


A

Terry Albach, 10
"I Feel"


B

Cherie Buckner, 16
"Like Air"


C

Karen Cotton, 13
"No More"


D

James Dixon, 16
"Man vs. Man"


E

Steven Elbein, 17
"Sonnet I"


F

John Frederick, 14
"The Corner"


G

Sheila Garcia, 11
"Haiku"

Vera Ann Garcia, 15
"The Actor Off the Stage"

Ruthie Gold, 17
"The Craftsman"

Celia Goldstucker, 15
"A Child's Suicide"
"Love"

Powell Gray, 13
"Me"

Joni Gross, 16
"Lines to a Friend"
"Night"


H

Linda Hamilton, 17
"Untitled - Can it be a time"
"Oh, words"

Bruce Neal Howard, 6
"Untitled- The devil is fire"


J

Richard Jones, 17
"Meditation on the Earth: A Sonnet"


K

Dan Klepper, 15
"Benjamin Nye"


M

Mark Massar, 12
"Untitled - Some people think"

Paul Massar, 9
"I Love the Time of Day When the Lights Wake Up"

Mary Anne Morgan, 17
"Sonnet I"

Irene Mozakis, 13
"Butter made for fat kids"


N

Jan Nunley, 17
"Rebirth"


R

Sara Radetsky, 9
"Lonely"

Orlando Rocha, 10
"Feeling Good"

Patricia Roe, 16
"First Love"


S

Sandra Seitz, 10
"A Flower"


T

Elisa Terry, 17
"Four Fingers and a Thumb"


V

Jesse Villarrel, 14
"The World and I"


W

Lynette Walker, 15
"Untitled - Building..."
"Untitled - Everything can wait"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1973 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Joan Mellard, Bill Rips, Claude Stanush, Maxine Hurley


A

Jeffilyn Allen, 13
"The Beat"
"The Clay Pigeon"


B

Phillip Balleza, 14
"Hope"

James Blackburn, 13
"The Autumn"

Patricia Braxton, 14
"Birth"


E

Sandra Ehlers, 9
"Brownie"


G

Lynn Garcia, 12
"Description"

Rebecca Gatica, 10
"Sometime in School"

Jerry Gonzalez, 13
"Untitled - I am darkness"

Joni Gross, 17
"Lines to My Good Side"

Monica Gutierrez, 15
"Untitled - I am darkness"


H

James Hartfield, 12
"Untitled - Touching someone I'm afraid"

Anne Holmesly, 16
"Ghost Story"


K

Claire Kline, 18
"Reflection"

Mike Kollman, 11
"Football"


L

Louanne Larcom, 11
"Sea-Hand Movements"


M

Lydia Maldonado, 12
"Away"

Luke Massar, 9
"Dark Beginning"

Paul Massar, 10
"Untitled - One stormy day"

Erin Mendlovitz, 9
"Rushing Water"

Cindy Miller, 15
"Untitled - The varying route"

Denise Mueting, 11
 
"A Magical Day"


P

Linda Pena, 11
"When I Walk Alone (Haiku Poem)"


R

Sara Radetsky, 10
"Shattered Dream"


S

Sandra Stautzenberger, 18
"Challenge"
"Parlor Furniture"

Henry B. Stobbs, 16
"Clock Unwork"


T

Raul Cesar Tamez, 18
"Untitled - motivate me discreetly"

Laura E. Tankersley, 17
"Hey Guy"


W

Patricia Wallace, 17
"To Lewis"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1974 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Joan Mellard, Maxine Hurley, Bill Rips, Claude Stanush


A

Terry Albach, 12
"Crowds"

Kim Alexander, 9
"Firefly"


B

Vicky Bialas, 17
"For Einstein and All Believers"
"If Ever"

Shifra Borenstein, 10
"The Leaf"


C

Claire Cartwright, 17
"The Pitcher"


G

Gretchen Greer, 18
"To a Shallow Father"


H

Sharon Hines, 17
"Living"


I

Aletha Irby, 15
"Your Words"


J

Vincent Johnson, 12
"Untitled - Love is spooky"


K

Y-Chen Kuo, 17
"To My Parents"


M

Diana Sue Majesty, 8
"After a Storm"
"Imagination"

Mark Massar, 14
"Hyperbole"


P

Mario Perez, 14
"Dreams of Smile"

Elizabeth Ann Peters, 16
"Untitled - You've done it again"


R

Edith Richardson, 12
"As I Walk"

Denise Richardson, 11
"Redbud Trees"


S

Lori Slovacek, 17
"Prone Reflections"


T

Suzanne Tijerina, 14
"I Wonder"


W

Kelly West, 12
"The Flame"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1975 Selected Poets!

Judges: Joan Mellard, Tomas Rivera, Maxine Hurley, Amy Freeman Lee, Claude Stanush


A

Irma Aleman, 14
"Boys"
"Girls"

Sara Annon, 16
"Madonna"
"My Filly"
"Sometimes"


B

Valerie Beller, 9
"Befuddled"


C

Claire Chilton, 17
"River Process"

Mark Colborn, 17
"After Ferlinghetti"

Carol A. Coleman, 18
"William Shakespeare"

Cindy Copeland, 18
"Portraits: Points and Counterpoint"


F

John Frederick, 17
"Imagination Plays on Reality"


G

Lynn Garcia, 14
"The Death of Tolkien"


H

Willie Harris, 16
"Malfunction"


I

Aletha Irby, 16
"Collector's Item"


J

Debbie Jackson, 14
"Abstract Art"

Bobbi Jo Johnson, 13
"Life and Death"

Kevin Jolly, 18
"Verbal Defecations"


L

Philippe Lopez, 12
"The Buck in Spring"


M

Diana Sue Majesty, 9
"Disguised"
"Toadstool"

Karen Moon, 14
"Leaving"


O

Jennifer O'Brien, 18
"The Imprisoned Soul"


P

Mario Perez, 15
"A Day Begins"
"Afternoon"
"Night"
"Noon"
"Penny's Poem"
"Untitled - I once asked the morning"

Mark Puente, 11
"Stars"


R

Ann Robbins, 11
"What is Wind?"


S

Lisa Sweet, 12
"The Haunting Song"


T

Madelyn D. Thomas, 10
"Like a Bug"

Teresa Triplett, 12
"Fear"


V

Gilbert C. Valdez, 12
"A Lesson Learned Too Late"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1976 Selected Poets!

Judges: Joan Mellard, Maxine Hurley, Amy Freeman Lee, Tomas Rivera


A

Cliff Atkinson, 11
"A January Morning (Cinquain)"


B

Marc Bonsignore, 14
"Midnight Mass"

David Bryant, 18
"The Minstrel"


C

Mimi Chapman, 11
"Summer Beach"

Karen Cheyney, 16
"Untitled - The quick phrase snags"

Claire Chilton, 18
"Hurt"


D

Lacinda Day, 12
"The Bird That Wasn't There"


E

Laurie Evans, 17
"Worldliness"


F

Lucy Faye Fetner, 17
"Untitled - Quivering"


G

Lynn Garcia, 15
"Afternoon Washing"
"Self Portrait"

Jeff Gaskill, 12
"A Spring Storm"


H

Willie Harris, 17
"Sparkles Through an Open Window"

Daniel Herrera, 17
"Me"


L

Richard E. Lutzi, 16
"The Hustler"


M

Susan Marshall, 17
"Who Can Have Sorrow?"

Karen Moon, 15
"For an Unwanted Sorrow"


N

Tina Neesvig, 12
"Roll"

Sharon Nichol, 13
"Memories"


P

Mario Perez, 16
"Saturday--The Conclusion"

Bradley A. Pontani, 16
"Old Building"


S

Jennifer Schoenfeld, 5
"Untitled - She was smelling a flower"

Jennifer Smith, 18
"Untitled - It's not as though"


U

Samantha G. Urrutia, 10
"Daffodils"


W

John Wigmore, 9
"Windy Day"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1977 Selected Poets!

Judges: Constance Cameron, Joan Mellard, Naomi Shihab, Amy Freeman Lee, Dr. Tomas Rivera


B

Rita Barry, 12
"What If..."


C

Christy Cantrell
"Foreword"

Larry Cheesman, 18
"Icicles and Pyramids"

Richard Coyle, 15
"Exploring"


F

Tom Freeman, 17
"The Answer is No"
"Untitled - It's Halloween"


H

Willie Harris, 18
"For Virginia (Schelper)"

Richy Havranek, 8
"Saturn"

Elizabeth Hill, 7
"Pink"


J

Jeanne Jenkins, 11
"Day Dreams"


L

Tracy Leffingwell, 15
"Figment"

Norma G. Lopez, 18
"Reversion"


M

Maria M. Madiedo, 14
"The Crowd"

Lisa Ann McCoy, 17
"A Poem to My Sister"

Mike McGinnis, 17
"Recollections of the Time in Jerome, Arizona, a Ghost Town, When I Was Invited to Pay a Dollar to See an Indian Woman and Boy Locked in a Cage"

Sue McInturff, 16
"Dreams"

Mary Ann Miller, 13
"Til Dreams Do Us Part"


P

Mario Perez, 17
"Prologue"


R

Lynn Richburg, 15
"Fall Fell Into My Arms"


S

Jeff Shinn, 18
"The Children's Day"

Amy Smith, 16
"Touch Me"

Steve Southers, 17
"Third Dimension"

Helen J. Stegall, 17
"Isolation"


T

David Torres, 11
"The Day Before April"


W

Brent Walker, 17
"Dragon's Death"

Bruce Weinstein, 16
"Extra!!! Strange Teenage Boy Experiences Rude Awakening!"

Kristin White, 16
"The Saturday Special"

Jason Witherspoon, 8
"Untitled - If I was paper"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1978 Selected Poets!

Judges: Constance Cameron, Amy Freeman Lee, Joan Mellard, Naomi Shihab, Dr. Tomas Rivera


A

Margaret Alejandro, 14
"Lonesome"


B

Jeffrey Barnes, 13
"Ode To a Lover Who Hates Me"

Marissa Blanco, 13
"Guilty"

Joel Boggess, 9 
"My Backbone"

Julie Boldt, 13
"Not Invited"

Ted Boyer, 11
"But Then Again"


C

Deborah Cortez, 8
"English"


D

Liz De La Garza, 17
"Next-Door"
"Surfside"

Patti Dixon, 17
"Untitled - a tear"

Alma Dodd, 12
"Owls"

Eddie Doran, 17
"The Flood"


F

Todd Fries, 7
"I Wonder"


G

Martha Garcia, 12
"About Buttons"

George Gaskell, 9
"Dreams I Have"

Elizabeth Gilstad, 14
"Untitled - The rose is a sophisticated debutante"


H

Karin Heiser, 12
"Weed"

John Hovenden, 10
"A Day With No Sunshine"

Margaret Huston, 15
"Idea"


J

Elizabeth Johnson, 13
"Untitled - The bird is quiet"


K

Stephanie King, 16
"The Sun, The Moon, The Stars"


L

Carol Lambert, 18
"It Seems a Shame..."

Dan Lanfear, 12
"Reflections of Myself"

Lori Latham, 12
"Dandelions"


M

Danny Martinez, 8
"Autumn Leaves"

Sue McInturff, 17
"Poetry Is..."

Travis Mellard, 15
"Track Meet"

Julie Mims, 10
"Day and Night"

Karen Moon, 16
"After John Updike"
"Sonnet II"
"Sonnet V"
"Sonnet XI"


P

Steve Palencia, 13
"The Still Then the Storm"

Lenora Perry, 17
"Steps"

Bradley A. Pontani, 18
"Untitled - Clear ice skies"
"Untitled - Seeing the crowded mantelpiece"


R

Lindsay Rockwood, 15
"To My Tongue"

Karen Rogers, 17
"The Whale"

Jaime Rodriguez, 8
"The Two Faces of Rain"


S

Chrissy Sackett, 10
"The Song of the Cold Room"

Sara Solon, 11
"I Never Told Anybody"

Brent Sterling, 11
"I Never Told Anybody"

Drew Stewart, 10
"Yesterday I Felt Like"


W

Kristin White, 17
"The American Dream"
"The Grass Needs Cutting"
"The Sexton"
"Untitled - The news that night"

Don Wilson, 18
"In Memoriam"

Dorothy Wilson, 16
"From Amongst Coathangers"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1979 Selected Poets!

Judges: Dr. Frank Pino, Celina Rios Mullan, Constance Cameron, Joan Mellard, Amy Freeman


B

Trip Badgley, 12
"My Thoughts"

Christie Baur, 9
"Blackness"

Sally Boyd, 11
"The Lost Wind"


C

Paul Clifton, 8
"Untitled - One day"

Kenneth Colina, 14
"Nature's Henchmen"

Joe Cosby, 14
"Is Man Good?"


D

Rachel Donaldson, 8
"Suddenly"


F

Melody Frye, 18
"Just a Dream"


H

Jane Hathaway, 16
"Essay"


J

Kari Johnson, 18
"Transition"


K

Kimberly Kelley, 9
"The Sea"

Kitty Klepak, 16
"Reflections"

Nancy Kriz, 14
"The Raindrops"


L

Lee Lemons, 17
"Closed Doors"
"The Hunt"


M

Heather McLaughlin, 14
"The Unicorn"

Karen Moon, 18
"Easy Winter"
"The Maids of Fire and Shadow"
"The Naiad's Encounter"
"Res Pastoralis"
"Sonnet XV"
"Sonnet XVIII"
"To E.W."

Missy Muellich, 12
"Tucked Away Tightly"

Robyn Munk, 15
"Wild Boar"
"Dear Daddy"

Sherri Munson, 10
"Life"


P

Martha Pyron, 10
"Weeds"
"What is the Wind?"


R

Daiawantie Ramdass, 15
"Mourning"

Jason E. Rendon, 9
"Soft Spring Rain"

Reagan Richter, 9
"Early"


T

Jaeda Taylor, 9
"Stars"


W

John Warren, 16
"Children of the Universe"

Rachel Webb
"Black"
"Gold"

Renee Wells, 14
"To My Man"

Shannon White, 12
"The Prisoner"

Kathleen D. Wilson, 9
"The Moon"

Tracey Wright, 12
"Things To Do If You Are a Rainbow!"


Y

Tammy York, 14
"Grown Up"

Laura Young, 7
"Out My Window"