Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
T. S. Eliot, United States/England, (1888-1965), poetry includes: Mr. Pugstyles: The Elegant Pig. Eliot was a poet, playwright, essayist, publisher, literary critic and editor. He is best known as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry movement.
Lester M. Ellis, Kansas, (fl.1930s), poems include: Pig. Additional information on this poet is needed here. Please contact me if you can help.
Phillip A. Ellis, Australia, (fl. 2008-2014) works include: Pig-hunt. Ellis is a poet and critic. He hopes to make his reputation as a poet, and in the field of Australian studies.
Dennis Joseph (D. J.) Enright, England, (1920-2002), poetry includes: Paradise Illustrated: A Sequence. Enright was a poet, British academic, novelist and critic. He held a number of academic posts outside the United Kingdom: in Egypt, Japan, Thailand and most notably in Singapore.
Diane Mary Fahey [aka: Diane Mary Brotheridge], Australia, (b. 1945), poetry includes: Calchas, Menagerie and Gorgons. Fahey is a poet and teacher. Her main creative concerns are nature writing, Greek myths, visual art, fairy tales and literary mystery novels.
Michael Fanene-Bentley, New Zealand, (contemporary), poetry includes: My sounds I do not hear. Fanene-Bentley is a poet and a rehabilitation practitioner in the psychiatric field. He is a New Zealand-born Samoan of the aiga Fanene-Tui Samoa from the village of Saleilua, Falealili.
William Haliburton Fargason, IV, United States, (b. 1988), poetry includes: Love Song to the Demon-possed Pigs of Gadara. Fargason is a poet, editor and educator. He earned PhD in poetry from Florida State University, where he taught creative writing. He is the poetry editor of Split Lip Magazine.
United States, (contemporary) Porcine Principle Love and trust were carefully fostered, and her security seemed lifelong, and it was. I’m talking about hogs, this sow specifically, one of the cleverer of the cleverest mammals. Well fed and watered, patted, never struck, but none of this was for free. All part of the bargain, a fair … Read more
Poetic works by Robert Fergusson in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.