Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Denise Duhamel, United States, (b. 1960) is a poet and educator; Maureen Seaton, United States, (b. 1947) is an LGBTQ poet, activist, and educator. Their collaborative poetry includes: Exquisite Candidate, Pork and Animal Farm.
United States, (1919-1988) MOLY It is said that there in Her house you are not fair but, cowering or covering, go down into the beast’s way, such is the sorcery of Her song. The voice we raise in poetry so that it seems lovely to be enthralld by words and truth to be in … Read more
Lawrence Durrell, (1912-1990), poetry includes: You’re Bringing Out the Swine in Me and Why Wait?
Durrell was a novelist, poet, translator, travel writer, and dramatist. Born in India to British parents, Durrell lived in and celebrated the Mediterranean world. He is best known for the novels that comprise The Alexandria Quartet.
Geoffrey Dutton, Australia, (1922-1988), poetry includes: The Most Beautiful Rubbish Dump in the World and White Cyclamen. Dutton was a poet and a prolific and influential writer, editor, critic and book reviewer.
United States, (contemporary) Subject: Re: gry; Ri: gry Thanks to Phalbe —Nina, too— “gry” is now confirmed for you. The only trouble I can see is when we look in OED, we cannot see if gry is “gree” or gry is “grie” like lemon pie. I’d hate to say that piggy gried and have it … Read more
British, (fl. 1913-1951) Bagged A little pig once lived its life In Erin’s lovely isle. Indifferent to party strife It wore a constant smile. It roamed or slept the livelong day And sought repose at night; From food it never turned away But gulped it down at sight. It swallowed all that came … Read more
Charles Leroy “C. L.” Edson, United States, (1881-1975), poetry includes: Butchering Day. Edison was a newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet. He began his journalism career in the mid-west, later moving to New York. His work regularly appeared in East Coast papers and several national publications in the first decades of the 20th century.
United States, (b. 1935) A Performance At Hog Theater There was once a hog theater where hogs performed as men, had men been hogs. One hog said, I will be a hog in a field which has found a mouse which is being eaten by the same hog which is in the field and … Read more
Rowland Eyles Egerton-Warburton, England, (1804-1891) [pseud. “Rambling Richard”], poetry includes: THE BOAR AND THE SINGING BIRD. Egerton-Warburton was a poet, landowner, hunter and local benefactor in Cheshire, England.
David Eggleton, New Zealand, (b. 1952), poetry includes: Moa in the Matukituki Valley: A Cento. Eggleton is a poet and an acclaimed reviewer of music, art and literature. He is also well-known as a performance poet and writes extensively on New Zealand art and music, edits New Zealand’s per-eminent literary journal, Landfall.