Carny

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

Carnival truck—
old work horse—
bug-easy in the pig weed
in the evening heat
Carnival man
—unicorn merchant—
who barks
under the intricate
art of snakes
and spangles
in the weeds
asleep
among curiosities—
four-leaf clovers
and blind mice
with splotched wiry arms
on Indian Paint Brushes
Bluebonnets
ants crawling
on grimy khakis
under the garish
Texas sky

 

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