Above the Mill Race

poetry

about literature

of the American Southwest

of the American South Central

of Eighteenth Century England and Scotland

of the oilfield

of other literature

about language

American Dialect

Cowboy Dialect in Print

about writing

Writing

about other subjects

nature art, travel, teaching, parenting, grandparenting husbanding

We stop
to breathe slow
by the Guadalupe
beneath Gruene's bluff.
We see in the weave of tree
as the pink sun goes
in the water's flow
and silver bounce
see how it is
intricate
quick
momentary
till round the bend
and pink
becomes black.
Yet chill
is the water
and warm the skin
as we breathe slow
by the Guadalupe.

 

 

Poems

Home of Dick Heaberlin Writes

Orange House Books

Our Writing Workshops

My Writing Books

English Syntax— A Guide to the Grammarof Successful Writers — Heaberlin's Writing Style 1

Connecting for Coherence — an Applied Systematic Study of How Good Writers Connect Information With Syntax and Logic— Heaberlin's Writing Style 2

English Diction— a Guide to Selecting Appropriate Words— Explanations and Exercises — Heaberlin's Writing Style 3

A Guide to English Usage, Punctuation, and Mechanics — Explanations and Exercises — Heaberlin's Writing Style 4

Other Books of Interest