‘Know How to Mow’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Know How to Mow __You want to raise your rates, you say? __Your crying poor is killing me, __for what it’s worth. Just yesterday, __when you...
‘Farmer,’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 4, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 34 Comments . Farmer, Unpack the dormant forces quiet days Have put aside and stoke the smothered fire Whose soot fanned out in lifeless carbon rays Upon the...
‘Nest Egg’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 18, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Nest Egg The things for which I hoped have come and gone: The power to express a cogent thought; Ability to wake at break of dawn; Approval from a...
‘Ill Wind’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society June 28, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Ill Wind The wind, no friend, assaults us so unkindly And suffers nothing to abate its force, Though boys who fly their kites adore it blindly, As...
‘Storage and Retrieval’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society June 10, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Storage and Retrieval In the dank cellar of the human mind Are stored a lifetime’s worth of rusted tools And strands of uttered words, both cruel...
Two Poems on Old Age, by C.B. Anderson The Society June 1, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Default, to a Fault There are as many deeds I ought to do As there are jobs in urgent need of doing. My task is knowing whether to pursue Them, or,...
‘Epigrams for Today and Tomorrow’ by C.B. Anderson The Society May 11, 2021 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Raw Now, listen, if you want to know the truth: The world's a battleground of claw and tooth. . Spare the Details Elections, like the spawning of...
On the Hypocrisy of Gov. Newsom, and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 17 Comments . The Tale of Governor Do-as-I-Say-Not-as-I-Do-som It’s funny how Democracy In many states now colored blue Produces rank hypocrisy, A birthright...
‘How to Write a Formal Poem (That Doesn’t Seem Like One)’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 14, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . How to Write a Formal Poem(That Doesn’t Seem Like One) abandon capitals at all times. TrustYour sense for sound but, please, avoid rhymes....
Four Poems for Early Spring, by C.B. Anderson The Society April 5, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Rededication The sullen days of winter Remain a galling splinter Within my thickened skin, So let the games begin! Though I’m inclined to...
A Poem on Dictionaries: ‘Panlexia’ by C.B. Anderson The Society March 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything. —David Bowie A...
‘Eyes on the Prize’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 27, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 33 Comments . Eyes on the Prize __What time it is Can be determined only by the Sun. __The choice is his, By whom all duties have been duly done, __To set the...
‘Waiting for “I Do”’ by C.B. Anderson The Society February 13, 2021 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 17 Comments C.B. Anderson was the longtime gardener for the PBS television series, The Victory Garden. Hundreds of his poems have appeared in scores of print and electronic journals out of North America, Great Britain, Ireland, Austria, Australia and India.
‘B.C./D.C.’ and Other Humorous Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 27, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . B.C./D.C. Where history and myth converge Two famous founders do emerge, Of nations that excelled at war. (Coincidence? Or something...
‘The Night after Christmas’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 25, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Night after Christmas You better not cry. “Deplorable” might be how best to putit, just to underscore the gravityof chores that border on...
‘Stages of Arrested Development’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 12, 2020 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 36 Comments . Stages of Arrested Development __The lads who once had wet their beds __Adventured off in brand-new Keds, Exploring every corner of...
‘Crying Fowl’: A Thanksgiving Day Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society November 26, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 30 Comments The turkey that we blithely ate Had little cause to celebrate The final Thursday in November. It's customary to dismember A hapless...
A Poem on ‘Black Lives Matter’ and Others by C.B. Anderson The Society November 3, 2020 Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Ekphrastic, Poetry 18 Comments Context Is Everything When you attempt to cut some string A hammer doesn’t do a thing— Jackknives matter. When life has gotten back...
Four Poems on Writing, by C.B. Anderson The Society October 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 21 Comments Vocations Always there are things we should be doing; Others, though, are better left unfinished. Also, there are ends well worth...
‘Postponement’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 29, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments Postponement I disappoint some folks of whom I’m fond, But I, in turn, am irritated by The nebulous assurance that beyond This life, in...
Three Poems on Drinking, by C.B. Anderson The Society August 30, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments The Angels’ Share Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s...
Three Poems Dealing with Garden Pests, by C.B. Anderson The Society July 26, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments The Gardener at War Throughout our lives we hustle and we slave __To turn our gardens into magic places __Where beauty at its pinnacle...
Three Poems on Summer, by C.B. Anderson The Society July 1, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 24 Comments Summer Concerts The katydids and stridulant cicadas Regale us with their aestival sonatas. At night, surrounded by the song of...
Four Poems on Pain and Distress by C.B. Anderson The Society May 30, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments Domain of Pain A piercing migraine or a throbbing toothache, A splinter underneath a fingernail, An upset stomach caused by too much...
Three Poems on Spring by C.B. Anderson The Society May 1, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments The Onus of Vernal Duty Surrounding fields and woods unfreeze, The air once more is filled with light, As springtime’s blanket...
‘Don’t Get Caught’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 1, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments Don’t Get Caught The catfish and the trout hum different tunes, But both agree they love hot afternoons When no one wants to fish, when...
‘Wake-Up Call’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 1, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments Wake-Up Call "Shoulda," "coulda," "woulda" and "whatever" Are telltales that evince velleity In speakers who most probably will...
‘Bring On the Leeches’ and Other Humorous Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society February 2, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments Bring On the Leeches A condition called aspergillosis, And a touch of marasmus as well, Was the surgeon’s succinct diagnosis. All my innards...
‘The Winter of Our Contentment’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 13, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments The Winter of Our Contentment Without the winter there would be no spring, No snowdrops, crocus, scilla, daffodils, Or any other bulbs...
A Poem for Thanksgiving Day: ‘Gathered Together’ by C.B. Anderson The Society November 28, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments From cradle to the grave, From womb to musty tomb, The sanity I crave Is in a dining room With family gathered there: Thanksgiving,...
‘The Journey Home’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society November 10, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments The Journey Home Enwrapped in flesh we come to earth, Created in our Maker's image, Where from the moment of our birth We're parties to a...
‘A Man for Two Seasons’ by T.M. Moore and a Response by C.B. Anderson The Society September 22, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments A Man for Two Seasons by T.M. Moore I’m in a constant state of readiness for fall. For me, the perfect climate goes from winter straight to...
‘Investment Strategies’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 28, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments Investment Strategies At work we studied many charts and graphs With due attention to the bottom line, But had we dwelt upon our epitaphs We...
‘Beyond Scientism’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 14, 2019 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments Beyond Scientism Old wives’ tales, humble kin of ancient lore, Like road signs carved in stone are durable. Traditionists are deemed...
A Straight Shooter: Interview with C.B. Anderson The Society July 31, 2019 Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Essays, Interviews, Poetry 2 Comments Roots in the Sky, Boots on the Ground: Metaphysical Poems C.B. Anderson, Kelsay Books, 107 pages paperback, ISBN-10: 1949229688 2019, $17.00 by...
‘One Love’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 9, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments One Love In all the world there’s but one Love, just one. A single substance—like the billow lit From overhead by flashes from the sun And...
‘Disappointment’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society June 23, 2019 Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments Disappointment The waiting's not the hardest part: Much worse is when you finally know That what you craved with all your heart ____Will not...
‘Delimitation’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 25, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments Delimitation To rhyme with proper meter in the cause Of classic forms is nothing anyone Should derogate, but old poetic laws Were fashioned to...
‘Epigrams on the Decay within Academia’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 1, 2019 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments Epigrams on the Decay within Academia Liberal Artifice "Progressives," through advanced miseducation, Have shaken our fair land to its...
‘The Water of Life’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 5, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments The Water of Life To die Of thirst Is nigh The worst And saddest way A life may end, Since quickened clay Cannot transcend Its...
