Life List #404

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

Bob O'Connor said Scott got a condor,
saw it soar, really,
first it was along the horizon's fringe,
thin its pace was curbed, slow, slower,
till it fluffed down onto a leather-seated Mercedes.
He said it was midday, in the desert,
and there was gold on gold on gold
--sun splinters.
Then Bob said Scott went to Texas to get an Ivory-billed woodpecker or a golden-cheeked warbler, maybe number 405.
Bob thinks Scott's an odd miser.

 

 

 

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