Across Dawn's Edge

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 try to talk about
how across the edge of dawn
we see and hear
the wind and light and form of things.
We try to
but come out empty-mouthed
tongue-snubbed
while seeing the metamorphic light
bring,
in a blink,
new forms, new things newly lit
newly colored—
a green,
glowing
with violet and gold—try and fail to find words
and settle for,
the shapes and sounds
we have,
settle for this bird,
beating—
from the juniper grove,
suddenly,bursting.

Home of Dick Heaberlin Writes

Orange House Books

Our Writing Workshops

My Writing Books

English Syntax— A Guide to the Grammar of 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