Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Michael Theophilus Dom (aka: Icarus), Papua New Guinea, (b. 1977), poetry includes: Sonnet 3: I met a pig farmer the other day and The political economy of a pig farmer’s life. Dom is a poet and a postgraduate researcher at University of Adelaide after earlier degree from the Papua New Guinea National Agriculture Research Institute.
David Dominguez, United States, (b. 1971), poetry includes: Galdini Sausage, Pig and Oxtail Stew. Dominguez is a poet, editor and educator. He has taught at Long Beach City College and now teaches writing and literature at Reedley College in California’s San Joaquin Valley. He is the author of several poetry collections and his poems have been included in various magazines, journals and anthologies.
Moshe Dor (b. 1932), Israeli poet, children’s book author, interviewer, translator and essayist. He has also co-edited three English anthologies of contemporary Israeli poetry.
Poetic works by Edward Doro in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Cyril (“Cy”) A. Dostal, United States, (1930-2002), poetry includes: Ceramics Class. Dostal was a poet, college instructor, technical and advertising writer, and freelance writer. He founded the Poets’ League of Greater Cleveland and co-founded the Cuyahoga Valley Nature Writers Workshop with Jill Sell.
Catherine Doty, United States, (b. 1952), poetry includes: Breathing Under Water. Doty is a poet, educator and cartoonist. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa. She is the author of two volumes of poems: Wonderama (2021)and Momentum (2004), as well as Just Kidding (1999), a collection of cartoons. She has worked as a visiting artist for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Frost Place, Murphy Writing, and schools throughout New Jersey.
Poetic works by Michael Drayton in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Norman Dubie, United States, (b. 1945), poetry includes: The Blue Hog, The Obscure and Nimrod & the Flying Pig. He is is a poet and educator and the Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University since 1975. Dubie is married to poet Pamela Stewart. He has received fellowships and grants from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Charles Ducal, Belgium, (b. 1952), poetry includes: OF TENDER FLESH #1 – #5. Ducal (pseud. of Frans Dumortier) is a poet, educator and pig farmer. He was appointed the first Flemish Dichter des Vaderlands, or Poet Laureate, of Belgium in 2004.
Carol Ann Duffy, Scottland, (b. 1955) – Circe (1999 ) and Chocs (1999). Duffy is a poet and playwright, college professor and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (2009).