Classical Poets Live: An Interview with C.B. Anderson, Readings of Paterson and Wilbur The Society October 25, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings 12 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 2: C.B. Anderson, Poetical Gardener If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the production. . . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, will chronicle the major events of the American Revolution if he lives to complete it. Though he writes history articles for American Essence magazine, he lists his primary occupation on official forms as ‘poet.’ He is, in other words, a vagabond. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Trending now: 12 Responses Shaun C. Duncan October 25, 2023 I only wish this was longer. It was nice to hear C.B talk about his influences and I’m intrigued that Don Paterson got a mention – there’s some great stuff in his book of sonnets but I’ll take “Mortal Soup And The Blue Yonder” over it any day. Reply ABB October 26, 2023 The raw footage was longer, but after editing out conversational gaps, etc, you’d be surprised how much shorter it ends up. Could always do a part two, though! Reply Cheryl Corey October 26, 2023 I like the analogy to gardening. The poem begins like a seed planted in your mind; it’s something that you nourish, with the hope that it will come into full bloom. Reply ABB October 27, 2023 Thanks Cheryl. We didn’t really discuss the overt similarity there—in truth, I just needed an angle when making the slide! But the analogy, as you draw out, has many points of connection. Reply Evan Mantyk October 27, 2023 Andrew, I have always wanted to meet Kip Anderson. Thank you for making that possible, sort of. Reply ABB October 29, 2023 I suppose this will have to do until the next gathering in New York. Reply Joseph S. Salemi October 28, 2023 I really enjoyed this episode with Kip Anderson. His comments were so perceptive, intelligent, and on the mark that it made me regret the passing of the older world of excellent formal poetry, where guys and gals like Anderson were the rule, and not the exception. Reply ABB October 29, 2023 The old masters will rise again. Maybe not until the next civilization comes along, though. Reply Monika Cooper October 31, 2023 I enjoyed this interview very much. Louise Gluck (sorry, don’t know how to type the umlaut) is a poet I respect greatly as well. Reply C.B. Anderson November 1, 2023 You can’t, Monika, unless you have, say, a German keyboard. What you would have to do is use Microsoft Word (or some other good word-processing program) and then copy & paste it into the comment box. On a typewriter you can type the vowel then backspace and type a double quotation mark — it’s not perfect, but it works ok for lower-case letters. Reply Joseph S. Salemi November 1, 2023 Here is an umlaut: Göring (Goering) Just go to Microsoft Word on your computer, hit the link that says “Symbols,” and it will bring you to a vast array of possible letters with or without diacritical marks. Find the letter with an umlaut that you want, type it into your text, and then close. Save your entire text with the “copy” function, and bring it to where you want to place it, and then hit the “paste” function. It’s easier to do it with Google rather than with Firefox. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant November 11, 2023 This delightful interview is educative and thoroughly entertaining! Thank you, ABB and CB! Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Shaun C. Duncan October 25, 2023 I only wish this was longer. It was nice to hear C.B talk about his influences and I’m intrigued that Don Paterson got a mention – there’s some great stuff in his book of sonnets but I’ll take “Mortal Soup And The Blue Yonder” over it any day. Reply
ABB October 26, 2023 The raw footage was longer, but after editing out conversational gaps, etc, you’d be surprised how much shorter it ends up. Could always do a part two, though! Reply
Cheryl Corey October 26, 2023 I like the analogy to gardening. The poem begins like a seed planted in your mind; it’s something that you nourish, with the hope that it will come into full bloom. Reply
ABB October 27, 2023 Thanks Cheryl. We didn’t really discuss the overt similarity there—in truth, I just needed an angle when making the slide! But the analogy, as you draw out, has many points of connection. Reply
Evan Mantyk October 27, 2023 Andrew, I have always wanted to meet Kip Anderson. Thank you for making that possible, sort of. Reply
Joseph S. Salemi October 28, 2023 I really enjoyed this episode with Kip Anderson. His comments were so perceptive, intelligent, and on the mark that it made me regret the passing of the older world of excellent formal poetry, where guys and gals like Anderson were the rule, and not the exception. Reply
ABB October 29, 2023 The old masters will rise again. Maybe not until the next civilization comes along, though. Reply
Monika Cooper October 31, 2023 I enjoyed this interview very much. Louise Gluck (sorry, don’t know how to type the umlaut) is a poet I respect greatly as well. Reply
C.B. Anderson November 1, 2023 You can’t, Monika, unless you have, say, a German keyboard. What you would have to do is use Microsoft Word (or some other good word-processing program) and then copy & paste it into the comment box. On a typewriter you can type the vowel then backspace and type a double quotation mark — it’s not perfect, but it works ok for lower-case letters. Reply
Joseph S. Salemi November 1, 2023 Here is an umlaut: Göring (Goering) Just go to Microsoft Word on your computer, hit the link that says “Symbols,” and it will bring you to a vast array of possible letters with or without diacritical marks. Find the letter with an umlaut that you want, type it into your text, and then close. Save your entire text with the “copy” function, and bring it to where you want to place it, and then hit the “paste” function. It’s easier to do it with Google rather than with Firefox. Reply
Susan Jarvis Bryant November 11, 2023 This delightful interview is educative and thoroughly entertaining! Thank you, ABB and CB! Reply