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Search Results for: "Anderson"

‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
20 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
22 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...
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