Portrait of a Poet

                                       Steadfast he stands upon the shores of time,

                                       A lighthouse, brightening a frowning sea;

                                       Undaunted by the waves of doubt or crime,

                                       He beckons to storm-tossed humanity

                                       And guides them safely past each fearful shoal,

                                       For in the calmer waters they will be

                                       Reaching higher, higher for a goal.

                                       Immortal, for how can it ever die,

                                       This edifice that sings with zephyr lilt,

                                       Whose every stone, a song against the sky,

                                       Was deftly shaped, with care and cadence built.

                                       How useless is a blueprint or a scroll

                                       Depicting honors, aims or even guilt,

                                       When poems open shutters to the soul.

Awards and Publications

National Federation of State Poetry Societies

Humorous Verse Award, Poetry Society of Texas, November, 1958

Humorous Verse Award, Poetry Society of Texas, June, 1958

Light Verse Award, Kansas City Poetry Magazine

Quatrain Award, Poetry Society of Texas, January, 1958

Juvenile Award, Poetry Society of Texas, April, 1950

Juvenile Peom Award, Poetry Society of Texas, December, 1957

Thrid Place, Panhandle Folklore Contest, Texas Poetry Society, 1959

Second Place, Lone Star Contest, Poetry Society of Texas, 1959

Prairie Narrative Award, Poetry Society of Texas, 1958

Publications:

Avalon

Poetry Society of Texas Yearbook

South and West

Starlanes

Surf, Stars, and Sone

Mississippi Poetry Journal

A Galaxy of Verse

American Haiku

The Literary Review

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