Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
England, (1707?-1788) The Lamb and the Pig; or nature and education Consult the moralist, you’ll find That education forms the mind. But education ne’er supply’d What ruling nature has denied. If you’ll the following page pursue, My tale shall prove this doctrine true. Since to the Muse all brutes belong, The lamb shall usher … Read more
Leigh Anne Couch, United States, (b. 1968), poetry includes: Wild Pigs. Couch is a poet and freelance editor. She is the author of a collection of poetry, Houses Fly Away (2007), and a chapbook, Green and Helpless (2007).
England, (1738-1816) LETTER VII. Naples(excerpt) Naples, April 16th, 1793. HOW I love Naples, so frolic, and gay, Its skies are so bright, so delightful its bay… Here tribes of wise Lawyers in robes most decorus, Snap, wrange, and scold, and bawl in full chorus ; The client is beggar’d, the knave his cash … Read more
Noël Coward, British, (1899-1973) – poems include: Any Part of Piggy. Sir Noël Coward was a playwright, composer, lyricist, producer, and actor. He was internationally recognized as the personification of wit and sophistication.
Paul F. Cowlan is a British entertainer that critics praise as a musician, comedian, poet, songwriter, story-teller and philosopher, and also a bluesman, clown, satirist and romantic. And he plays a mean harmonica as well.
British, (1731-1800) The Love of the World Reproved:or, Hypocrisy Detected. Thus says the prophet of the Turk, “Good Mussulman, abstain from pork; There is a part in every swine No friend of follower of mine May taste, whate’er his inclination, On pain of excommunication.” Such Mahomet’s mysterious charge, And thus he left the point at … Read more
Julian Croft, Australia (b. 1941), poetry includes: Marking Time. Croft is a poet, teacher, fiction writer and literary journalist. He is currently Emeritus Professor in the School of English, Communication at the University of New England, NSW, Australia.
Jack Crossland, , Australia, (fl. 1953), poetry includes: Bold Tommy Payne and The Pig Catcher’s Love Song. Crossland was a cane farmer and troubador of considerable fame in the North Queensland area near the town of Smithfield.
Poetic works by James Cummins in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Carlos Cumpián, United States, (b. 1953), poetry includes: ¿Pork Que No? He is a poet, educator and the editor of March/Abrazo Press, an independent publisher of Latino and Native American poetry. Cumpián has also taught high school English in Chicago and he has also taught at Columbia College, Chicago.