‘No News Is Good News’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society November 16, 2022 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . No News Is Good News The world contrives, in many different ways, To overload the minutes of our days __With items that anesthetize __The...
‘Hell Rising’ by C.B. Anderson The Society November 8, 2022 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . Hell Rising They’ve come with a purpose: to numb or perturb us __By infecting the already-sick, And with them they bring a more tangible...
‘What Life Throws at Us’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 22, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . What Life Throws at Us A sentiment can sometimes get the best Of me and bring hard logic to an end. I need someone to share my destiny; Perhaps I...
‘Never Argue with a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 7, 2022 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell you that they really meant The...
‘Milking the System’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 22, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing business. Every magistrate Can...
‘Who Shaves the Barber?’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 7, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Who Shaves the Barber? shaves all those, and those only, who do not shave themselves. —Bertrand Russell The barber had a gift for cutting...
‘My No-Show Foes’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 11, 2022 Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . My No-Show Foes I whet my blade, anticipating mayhem. My enemies just whet their appetite On what they hope my manager will pay them For throwing...
‘The Drive to Reconcile’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 9, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . The Drive to Reconcile __We never wish to eat a bug __Or force an unexpected hug, But intimacy doesn’t come without A cost, and those who...
‘Abiding Senescence’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society June 25, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Abiding Senescence My energy and physical abilities Will not again be limitless as once they were. To those more qualified to ponder facts like...
‘Judge Not’ by C.B. Anderson The Society June 11, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 23 Comments . Judge Not We notice, Signor Alighieri, that You have a rather well developed bent For taking your opponents to the mat And showing them that in...
‘Press On, Regardless’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 26, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Press On, Regardless Conduct a full internal audit, Then throw all caution to the wind. Expect a decent measured plaudit No hypercritic can...
‘Resist Arrest Instead of Arresting Resistance’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 12, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 14 Comments . Resist Arrest Instead of Arresting Resistance In Denmark, something now is very rotten, As fetid as the food-scraps in the trash That we have,...
‘Apocrypha’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 29, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Apocrypha Two orbs in hand—one large, one small— He climbed the tower to the top. He let them go and watched them fall, And those below who saw...
‘Love’s Seasons’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 5, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 37 Comments . Love’s Seasons In the heat of the night, when conditions are right, __Gentle lovers will cuddle and spoon. It’s a wonderful plan, much more...
‘On Sighting a Marsupial’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 14, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . On Sighting a Marsupial "Serve with: Turnip greens" —Joy of Cooking Opossums are so ugly that it isn’t clear Another of their kind would find...
‘Everlasting’: A Blank Verse Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society February 19, 2022 Blank Verse, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Everlasting I must admit, when I arrived in Hell I was surprised. Not, as you might surmise, Because I never reckoned it was real— And surely...
‘A Note to Karen’ by C.B. Anderson The Society February 9, 2022 Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . A Note to Karen It’s been a bumpy ride, With bruises long endured By both the groom and bride. At last, my heart is cured Of you, and I am...
‘Dystopia’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Dystopia Reality is never what it seems To be. It hides itself in shrouds of mist, In bulging envelopes of gilded dreams, In requisite pronations...
‘So It Is Written’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 2, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . So It Is Written The books that I have owned for many years, Still sitting on my shelves or stored in boxes, Have yellowed pages—damaged...
‘Habeas Corpus’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 19, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Habeas Corpus Of those whose job it is to get results It might be asked: to what infernal purpose? Extortion, threats, felonious assaults, And foul...
‘Failure to Strive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 6, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Failure to Strive Do, or do not. There is no try. —Master Yoda We’ve traveled far, or so it seems to those Of us who shy from setting distant...
‘Who’s the Villain Now?’ and Other Villanelles by C.B. Anderson The Society November 19, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 24 Comments . Who’s the Villain Now? My poems drip with vitriol and gall,Each stanza driving home a heartfelt curse—A side-effect of drinking...
‘Last Rites’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society November 5, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 8 Comments . Last Rites Let not the Rock of Ages ever break Or send apostate magi to the stake; A golden era favoring good men Will likely never come around...
‘Perfect Apples’ and Other Autumn Poems, by C.B. Anderson The Society October 20, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Perfect Apples The Law of Perfect Apples says it all:A malic acid tang pervades the crispAnd shocking mouth appeal that tells you fallIs under...
‘Love Thy Neighbor’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 9, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . . Love Thy Neighbor Make no excuseIf sheer abuseIs all you giveTo those who live Around you. OwnThat you aloneMust bear the shameAnd take the...
‘Know How to Mow’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 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...
