Gay, Ross
Poetic works by Ross Gay in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Archives: Pig Poets
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Geddes, Gary
Gary Geddes, Canada (b.1940), poetry includes: Transubstantiation. Geddes is a poet and educator. He is most known for being a political and humanist poet and is member of the English department at Concordia University, Montreal.
Gentry, Jane
Jane Gentry, USA, (1941-2014), poetry includes: Portrait of the Artist as a White Pig. Gentry was a poet, essayist, reviewer and educator. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, she came back to her native Kentucky and taught English at University of Kentucky for 40 years. Gentry also served as Kentucky’s poet laureate from 2007-2008.
Geoghegan, Raine
Raine Geoghegan, Wales, (contenporary), poetry includes: they lit fires, moved in close. She is a poet, prose writer, ex dancer/actor and a performance coach. Geoghegan was born in the Welsh Valleys. She is half Romany with Welsh and Irish ancestry. She has a BA Honours Degree in Theatre Practice and English Literature from Roehampton University, a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester.
George, Jenny
Jenny George, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Portrait of a Pig as a Bird, Notes on Pigs, Obstacles to Handling and others. She is a poet and a program coordinator for the Hidden Leaf Foundation, a Buddhist-based social justice organization. George earned her BA in human ecology and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Germanacos, Anne
Anne Germanacos, United States, (b. 1958), poetry includes: Spring. Germanacos is a poet, essayist, educator and writer. Together with her husband, Nick Germanacos, she ran the Ithaka Cultural Studies Program on the islands of Kalymnos and Crete, and taught writing, literature, and Modern Greek.
Ghigna, Charles
United States, (b. 1946) Pigs Pigs are playful Pigs are pink Pigs are smarter than you think. Pigs are slippery Pigs are stout Pigs have noses Called a snout. Pigs are pudgy Pigs are plump Pigs can run But never jump. Pigs are loyal Pigs are true Pigs don’t care for Barbecue. © Charles Ghigna.Used … Read more
Gilbert, Jack
United States, (b. 1925) The Plundering of Circe Circe had no pleasure in pigs. Pigs, wolves, nor fawning lions. She sang in our language and, beautiful, waited for quality. Every month they came struggling up from the cove. The great sea-light behind them. Each time maybe a world. Season after season. Dinner after … Read more
Giltner, Leigh Gordon
Poetic works by Leigh Gordon Giltner in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Givhan, Jennifer
Jennifer Suzanne Givhan, United States, (b. 1984), poetry includes: Miracle of the River Pig. Givhan is a poet and novelist with ancestral ties to the Mexican-American and indigenous peoples of New Mexico and Texas. She holds MA’s from California State University and Warren Wilson College. She teaches composition at Western New Mexico University. Givhan is the author of five full-length poetry collections and two novels. Her honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry and the Frost Place Latin@ Scholarship.