Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Rodney Hall, England/Australia, (b. 1935), poetry includes: Folk tales: 5 and The hunter. Hall is an Australian poet, editor and writer. He has since published fifteen books of his own poetry and thirteen novels, as well as editing eight poetry collections and anthologies, contributed to numerous works of criticism and biography and published his autobiography.
Robert Hamberger, England, (b. 1957), poetry includes: The Pig in the Morning. Hamburger is a poet, reviewer, social worker and educator. His poetry has been widely published.
Philip Roby Hammial, USA/Australia, (b. 1936), poetry includes: Of Pigs & the Carts They Pull and Jane. Hammial is a poet, publisher, editor, sculptor, painter and art curator. He is also director/curator of The Australian Collection of Outsider Art.
Emily Lake Hansen, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Desert Vacation. Hansen is a poet and educator and has served as an English instructor both at GCSU and Georgia Highlands College.
Robert A. Harris, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Down Home. In 2001 Harris was a second-year graduate student in the English Dept. at the University of Kansas, where he worked as the computer specialist and bibliographer for the Project on the History of Black Writing.
Jann Sheila Harry, Australia, (1939-2015), aka: JS Harry and J.S. Harry, poetry includes: FAR FROM THE SHATT-AL-ARAB. Harry was a poet, editor and held a writing residency at Australian National University.
United States, (b. 1949) The Pigfoot Rebellion When the hair is carefully trimmed away You find in the pig’s forefoot a little hole Through which the legion of devils bow in and out. Say they enter on a summer morning, Leaving the marks of their tiny claws as six Small rings. Then, ‘please the … Read more
Michael Hartnett, Ireland, (1941–1999), poetry includes: Pigkilling and A Farewell to English. Hartnett was a poet, menial laborer and educator. He wrote in both English and Irish and was one of the most significant voices in late 20th-century Irish writing and has been called “Munster’s de facto poet laureate”.
Matthea Harvey, United States, (b. 1973), poetry includes: DINNA’ PIG. Harvey is a poet, writer and educator. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has been contributing editor to jubilat and BOMB. She is a recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Award and a Guggenheim fellowship in poetry. She currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.