Certainty

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

To know for sure,
I'd like that, to see
what's straight
to select the proper cue,
proper shot,
to know what's what.
Yeah, a lot of us
would like that
to know what to plant,
Big Boys or Spring Giant,
know what nematodes know,
the best? What'll burn,
what'll bloom?
What is good,
What to use,
to know of cause, and means,
and who.
Why did Faustus choose Helen, not Isolde,
or, or... a million others whos?
What to cut away, what to take in?
Oh, for sure!

 

 

Swerve 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