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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 1950 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Dorothy Steinbomer, Bill Rips, Janette Sebring Lowrey, N.W. Lovely


A

Lupe Alvarez, 12
"Spring"


B

Joan Barnhouse, 17
"Hymn to the Wind"

Arlene Kay Breuer, 9
"The River"


C

Elizabeth Callaway, 10
"After School"
"The Fairies"
"September"

Gilbert Castillo, 12
"Tell Me, Trees"

Wayne Crockett, 17
"Winter Rain"


F

John Feit, 17
"The Blind See"


H

Claire Justine Hess, 17
"Three Poems"

Virginia Hicks, 14
"Fascination"


M

Joan McGuire, 16
"Moods on a Rainy Day"
"Portrait"
"Impatience"


O

Jeanette Oehler, 9
"Sign of Spring"


P

Diane Paul, 9
"Candyland"

Patsy Pugh, 12
"Night"


R

Mary Reyes, 11
"Colors in Spring"

Joel Robles, 13
"Spring"

Rodney Rogers, 18
"Green Pedestal"


S

Annette Schaefer, 15
"Dust"

Libby Ann Stischer, 7
"Morning is the Best of All"


V

Joe Villareal, 11
"Our Trees"


Z

Jon Ann Zeller, 9
"The Butterfly"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1951 Selected Poets!

Judges: N.W. Lovely, Bill Ripps, Dorothy Steinbomer, Amy Freeman Lee, Janette Sebring Lowrey


C

Abel Campos
"Foam"
"Fairy Express"

Cynthia Cullen, 11
"Trees"


G

Miriam Gonzalez-Gerth, 16
"Sonnet"
"A Parable"
"Fragment"


H

Gwen Head, 10
"Meteors"


J

Jimmie B. Jackson, 9
"Snowflake"


M

Maria Elena Martinez, 11
"Night Watch"

Rosanna Martinez, 11
"Dawn"

Joan McGuire, 17
"The Milestone"
"To Peter"
"The Remedy"
"A Song"

Lawrence Montelongo, 12
"October"

Stella Moreno, 11
"In My Garden"


N

William Nanez, 14
"Death"


P

Patsy Pugh, 13
"Autumn"
"Rain, Rain"
"Snow"


R

Gilberto C. Romo, 13
"Spring"


S

Annette Schaefer, 16
"God's Hill"

Judith Gary Serene, 8
"The Fairies"

Emily Frances Singleton, 8 
"Winter Trees"

Edna Steen, 11
"Fruits for Sale"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1952 Selected Poets!

Judges: Janette Sebring Lowrey, Bill Rips, Phyllis Steinberg, Dorothy Steinbomer, Amy Freeman Lee


B

Debbie Bass, 7
"Our Kite" 


C

Sue Chipley, 11
"The Moon"


F

Lupe Fierros, 12
"Why, Little Star"
"Star"


G

Mary Dolores Gonzales, 12
"Moon and Sky"

Miriam Gonzales-Gerth, 17
"Sonnet"


H

Sue Hastings, 14
"Song of the Nymph"


L

Janet Lynch, 14
"Babbling Brook"


M

Sylvia Gonzales Magnon, 15
"A Rose"

Joan McGuire, 18
"Winter Scene--South Hadley to N."
"Summer Evening"
"The Poet"


N

Rosie Navarro, 11
"A Sack"


S

Annette Schaefer, 18
"The Sun is Hot"
"Essence"
"Ballad"


T

Mary Tenorio, 9
"My See-Saw"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1953 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Dorothy Steinbomer, Phyllis Steinberg, Bill Rips, Janette Sebring Lowrey


C

Sylvia Carr, 14
"Church Steeple"


D

Maria del Carmen de la Rosa, 17
"The North Star"

Ann Doyle, 16
"I Found Summer"


G

Miriam Gonzales-Gerth, 18
"Miracles"
"To Those In Love"
"Fragment To ....."

Salvador Guzman, 13
"Preference"


H

Sue Hastings, 15
"Reverie"
"Jesse"
"Solitude"

Harriet Henderson, 5
"Growing Up"


L

Blir Labatt, 5
"Recess at School"

Albert Leong, 17
"Visions"
"Mirror"


M

Neel McNell, 4
"Rain"

Robert Mennis, 11
"Sunlight"
"Memories"
"Dawn"


R

Clifton Recker, 15
"A Comet"

Fernando Rodriguez, 13
"Dawn"

G.L. Rowsey, 11
"A Plant"
"Dew"
"Evening"
"A Stormy Night"
"The Wind"
"Grass"


S

Mark Sideman, 11
"Nature"


T

Lupe Tello, 11
"Through A Child's Window"


W

Melinda Wingerter, 5
"Radishes"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1954 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Dorothy Steinbomer, Phyllis Steinberg, Bill Rips, Janette Sebring Lowrey


C

Martin Casanova, 11
"Night"
"Night"
"A Dream"
"The Little Star"


D

Anne Doyle, 17
"My Mind Is a Shore"


G

John Guzman, 12
"What Is A Star?"
"But Comes The Time"


H

Sue Hastings, 16
"They"
"Impression"


L

Antonio Lopez, 13
"Sometimes I Wonder"

Ernestina Losoya, 12
"Four Sisters"


O

Chris Olson, 12 
"The Wind"


P

Elodia Perez, 11
"Stars"

George-Anne Perkins, 14
"A May Prayer"

Pugh Patsy, 16
"Captive"


R

Cleo Reilly, 16
"Lift Up Your Heart"

G.L. Rowsey, 12
"A Sunflower"


S

Edward, Shellhorn, Jr., 16
"Hope"


V

Cynthia Vollmer, 15
"Black Panther"


W

Lynn Ward, 9
"Space"

Edith Worcester, 15
"Tracing a Course"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1955 Selected Poets!

Judges: Bill Rips, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Dorothy Steinbomer, Phyllis Steinberg, Amy Freeman Lee


A

Lucy Aguilar, 11
"Trees"


B

Danra Lee Beene, 15
"Night in Old Japan"


C

Kay Curtis, 14
"I Shall Be Born Again"


D

Ann Doyle, 18
"The Race"
"The Seeker"
"I Have Seen the Sun!"


E

Mary Enriquez, 11
"Speak, Wind, Speak"

Candy Erben, 8
"My Panda"


G

Arturo Guajardo, 11
"Night"


H

Barbara Haegelin, 15
 "The Spring About"

Sue Hastings, 17
"Trivia"
"Son of Rebellion--Defeated"
"A Ballad Just To Tell You Of The Seasons And How They Change Love"

Tony Henslee, 14
"Unknown Destiny"


J

Elizabeth Jacobson, 12
"The Norther"
"Beauty"


M

Franklin Martinez, 13
"Secon Thought"


P

Patty Peairs, 9
"Flying"

Maria del Pilar Portillo, 14
"A Storm in Spring"

Patsy Pugh, 17
"Walk Softly, Love"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1956 Selected Poets!

Judges: Brother Roy Cherrier, Bill Rips, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Amy Freeman Lee, Phyllis Anne Steinberg


B

Rebecca Brown, 9
"Dancing"


D

Dyanne Dingel, 15
"They Grow Everywhere"
"Silent King""
"Summer"


F

Judith French, 8
"Chinese Children of Canton"


G

Linda George, 9
"Love"


H

Sue Hastings, 18
"Let Me Know The Boards Beneath My Feet"

Elizabeth Herring, 9
"Sunset"


J

Elizabeth Jacobson, 13
"Spring Flowers"

John Philip, 11
"Spring"


K

Kathy Kiser, 8
"Pegasus"
"Falls"
"Spring's Sweet Happiness"
"Hard Water"

Sandra Kraemer, 9
"The Rose"


P

Maria de Pilar Portilla, 15
"A Tragedy at the Sea"


R

Elizabeth Lee Roy, 12
"Butterflies Have Worries Too"


W

Margo Whitt, 17
"Transformation"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1957 Selected Poets!

Judges: Leah Carter Johnson, Phyllis Steinberg, Bill Rips, Amy Freeman Lee


B

Jimmy Boushie, 10
"Stars"

Arlene Breur, 17
"I Never Knew You"
"I'd Have Come Sooner"


D

Virginia Lee Dorow, 9
"Misty Mornings"

Eileen Doyle, 15
"Summer"


G

Inez Guterrez, 16
"Love"


H

Linda Holmes, 9
"The Butterflies"


J

Viola Lee Jackson, 8
"Church Bells"

Tom Johnson, 10
"The Driftwood"


L

James Lock, 10
"The Moon and the Sun"


M

Jane McCurdy, 11
"The Wind"

Margie Moore, 17
"Finale"
"Margie"
"Yellow"


O

Susan Oppenheim, 12
"Art"


R

Gordon Redding, 17
"After the Symphony"
"Three Deer"

Bruce Rowden, 10
"The Mirrored Image"

Gentry L. Rowsey, 15
"Destiny"


S

Carla Steinberg, 13
"Raindrops"
"The City"


T

Kathy Thompson, 8
"The Winds That Storm Away"


W

Mike Eugene Walker, 10
"War"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1958 Selected Poets!

Judges: Leah Carter Johnston, Phyllis Steinberg, Bill Rips, Amy Freeman Lee


B

Linda H. Brown, 15
"Desire"
"Analysis"
"The End of Loneliness"


C

Billie Joyce Cox, 10
"How do you Know?"


D

Eddie Dupnick, 14
"The Boy and the Airplane"


F

Frank Fajkus, Jr., 12
"I'm a Space Pilot"


J

Elizabeth Jacobson, 15
"Death of a Geometry Teacher (To H.F.)
"Rain"
"Arabesque"


L

Gregory Lambert, 8
"My Wish"

James Luhrman, 11
"A Mountain"


M

Michael Malley, 14
"Motoring Into Oblivion"

Bobby McGowan, 11
"The Siege of Iwo Jima"

Bill McNeil, 16
"A Country House"

Irma Muniz, 11
"The Rock and Roll Angel"


P

Molly Porter, 14
"Depression"
"Exultation"

Carol J. Pruitt, 12
"The Moon"


R

Sergio Rodriguz, 11
"Books"

Bruce Rowden, 11
"The Trees' Shadows"


S

Adela Stone, 12
"Violence"


T

Audrey Taylor, 9
"The Ocean"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1959 Selected Poets!

Judges: Bill Rips, Phyllis Anne Steinberg, Amy Freeman Lee, Leah Carter Johnston


A

Paula Anderson
"A Storm"

Mary Aulgur
"The Wind"


B

Linda Hazel Brown
"Another Place"
"Night Song"
"Reckoned Hell"
"The Passing of Time"


D

Royce Ann Dornwell
"The Grey Sentinel"
"The World Lay Still And Sleeping"


F

Orlando Flores
"Planting Roses"


H

Averil T. Hafela
"Twilight"
"Ultima Thule"

Charline Hardin
"My Soul's Like The Rain"

Molly Higgins
"Spring"


K

Martha Klein
"Tribute To A Winter Day"


L

Patricia Lawlor
"Snails"


M

Michael Malley
"The Idealist"

Georgia Michalczak
"A Coronet"

Timmy Morton
"A Tree"


P

Carol Palmatier
"Lullaby"

Denis Paz
"Thoughts On Sickness"


Q

William Quintanilla
"Autumn"


R

Esther C. Rodriguez
"In The Woods"


T

Audrey Taylor
"Autumn"

Hortensia Trevino
"The Old Clock"


Y

Charlotte Yates
"Passed"


Z

Rebecca Zepeda
"A Word"