‘Dad and I’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society June 26, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Dad and I Our sessions last an hour or two at most, for we get through them just as fast as can be managed, trying not to stir the ghost of hurts...
‘Durus Frater, Alma Mater’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society June 11, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . Durus Frater, Alma Mater Spring forward to where former arch-rivals Fall back on tall stories of the travels They enjoyed after two years of...
‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society May 27, 2025 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . A Taste of Northern New England I’ll never feel at home in Robert Frost’s Vermont—too many deconstructed walls, And far too many melancholy...
‘Pressed for Time’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society May 12, 2025 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . Pressed for Time Though life is good, it doesn’t last that long, And so we’re always left desiring more. Remember, though, you bought it for a...
‘Heritage’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 28, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Heritage I’ve never asked for anything The living soil does not provide. I don’t want cash; I don’t want bling; I only want to stand...
‘Druthers’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 14, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . Druthers I’ve never warmed to the absurd idea That I should lean toward being what I ain’t. I’m more inclined to move to North Korea Than...
‘Ink’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 31, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . Ink A lot of people nowadays adorn The spotless skin they had when they were born. While many think it’s smart to gild a lily, Dissenters deem...
‘Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 17, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious English literature tends to be wordy. Many tricks are exceedingly dirty. On a bright sunny day...
‘Seeing the Forest’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society March 4, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Seeing the Forest Listen to the rustle of the foliage in the forest, _And note the motes of pollen floating there; Muscle headlong through the...
‘Chasing COLAs in a Hard World’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 19, 2025 Culture, Limerick, Poetry 6 Comments . Chasing COLAs in a Hard World COLA: cost-of-living adjustment We learned, each time we tried to file a claim, _That dealing with the Demiurge...
‘Classic Case History’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 5, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Terza Rima 11 Comments . Classic Case History Though I was blind, it wasn’t hard to see That blindness was a gift at least as good As any other. People seeing me As...
‘Payday’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Payday Before the crash, the market looked so strong. I doled out cash and credit, buying in While others sold. But, sadly, I was wrong About this,...
‘Catching Up’ and Other New Year’s Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 27, 2024 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Catching Up An hour passes in a second. A month goes by in just an hour. The rosy future that once beckoned Has now become a withered...
‘The Drift of Dark Days’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 12, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . The Drift of Dark Days November is a time for us to grieve About the dying of the warmth and light, About the passing of our joie de vivre, As we...
‘Fair Game on Thanksgiving Day’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society November 28, 2024 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Fair Game on Thanksgiving Day Please tell me if you think I’ve crossed a line by unremittingly abusing you with strings of salty words not...
‘Homeostasis’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society November 10, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Homeostasis "When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change." —Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland In general, everybody wishes...
A Poem for the 2024 Presidential Election: ‘Polarities’ by C.B. Anderson The Society November 4, 2024 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Polarities The only certain solidarity among the Self-Reliant is the ease with which their pride in insularity is spoken of like some esteemed...
‘Prayer as an Antidote for Unbelief’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 27, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Prayer as an Antidote for Unbelief Just imagine if, while you’re entreating the sky, You were met with the wink of a generous Eye. __A very...
‘Their Principal Principle’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society October 13, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Their Principal Principle With their hideous lies and a gleam in their eyes They disable each new generation, For the best route to power in...
‘What Mother Goose Neglected to Mention’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 29, 2024 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . What Mother Goose Neglected to Mention . A Soup Spoon Reflects upon His Past So the dish ran away with the spoon, we were told, __And he treated...
Two Anapestic Poems on Summer’s Heat, by C.B. Anderson The Society September 15, 2024 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Light Wave Heatwave When the temperature rises, a worker despises __The withering glare of the sun. When the sweat’s so profuse that our skin is...
‘Garden Party’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society September 1, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Garden Party The sparrows near the feeder flit and preen While predators politely quit the scene. A mockingbird is chirping up a storm, And soft...
‘The Web of Sustenance’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 18, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Web of Sustenance __Voraciously the lion feeds, But leaves the scraps for jackals and hyenas— __To each according to its needs, In Nature’s...
‘Back-Door Pastoral’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 4, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Back-Door Pastoral Apologies to all you urbanites, To decent people who prefer to live Amidst the noise with far too many lights, Who find it much...
‘Second Chances’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 18, 2024 Beauty, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 14 Comments . Second Chances Just know that you’ve been staked a second chance At any time the future’s looking muddy. Put on your shoes and socks, and join...
‘Fed Up’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 2, 2024 Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . Fed Up It’s not just fogies and the aging nanniesThat look askance at all the mixed-up trannies.The everyday American has had itWith flagrant...
‘Sidetracked’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society June 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Sidetracked Life’s troubles come in all varieties,From nagging aches that barely raise a frown,To fearsome packs of deep anxietiesThat, given...
‘Selling Short’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society June 1, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 14 Comments . Selling Short The winter wind’s a shot across your brow, An addend to the sense of deficit You wrestle with inside the here and now. You’re...
‘An Incomplete Account of How Things Are’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 28 Comments . An Incomplete Account of How Things Are __From where I drift, One hundred meters from the shore, The elemental thunderous roar __That’s falling...
‘Third-Degree Burns’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society April 29, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 22 Comments . Third-Degree Burns A young poet who came from Dundee Looked around him and then took a knee, __For the older he grew __The more surely he knew That...
‘Counsel from a Self-Help Guru’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 12, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Counsel from a Self-Help Guru I haven’t come here purposed with defendingYour excesses or manifold omissions,Or promise all of you a happy...
‘Distress Signals’: An Extended Villanelle and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society March 27, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 20 Comments . Distress Signals an extended villanelle Distressing times are coming round again, And all the talking heads now flap their jaws To say it isn’t...
‘Bowing to Power’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society March 10, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Bowing to Power Although they might Not do what’s right, The very strong Are never wrong. If you complain, You’ll feel the pain That’s...
Short Poems of C.B. Anderson Read by Andrew Benson Brown The Society February 22, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings 13 Comments ...
A Poem on Descartes’ ‘I Think Therefore I Am’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society February 17, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Ipse Dixit I say Cogito ergo sum To the animal here in the room. So how do I know I exist? Well, here’s a provisional list: I doubt, and I fear,...
‘Requiem’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society January 25, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . Requiem The notes we cherish most Are gathered from the throats Of those who perished young. The song we sadly toast Was sown from wanton...
‘Unchristian’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 7, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . Unchristian I hope you burn in Hell for nasty things You said to me, but if you don’t, I hope A host of energetic angel wings Will lash your...
‘Sleigh Rides Do Not a Christmas Make’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society December 24, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Sleigh Rides Do Not a Christmas Make While folks down under get to ride their bicycles __And dine alfresco at a Christmas picnic, We blokes up over...
‘The Color Plaid’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 16, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . The Color Plaid At Christmastime, when I was just a lad Of eight or nine, my aunt would bring me gifts: Some books of course, and shirts—but...
Andrew Benson Brown Reads Poems by J. Kemper, Corey, Pietrack, M. Bryant, and Anderson The Society December 4, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings 15 Comments ...
