Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Donika Kelly, USA, (b. early 1980s), poetry includes: Portrait of My Father as a Winged Boar. Kelly is a poet and educator as an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Iowa. She earned an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University. She is author of two poetry collections The Renunciations (2021) and Bestiary (2016).
Henry Kendall, Australia, (1839-1882), poetry includes: When Underneath the Brown Dead Grass. Kendall was a bush poet and journalist. His continued popularity today results from his unique voice in calling up the images and spirit of the Australian landscape and peoples.
Anne Kennedy, New Zealand, (b. 1959), poetry includes: Case 2: Please Man from Hands On: A Handbook. Kennedy is a poet, novelist, editor and freelance film writer. She has worked in the film industry as a screenwriter and has taught college level creative writing since 2000.
Jake Kennedy, Canada (b. 1972), poetry includes: On Safety (Bricks). Kennedy is a poet, prose writer and teacher. He teaches in the English Department at Okanagan College in British Columbia.
Brendan Kennelly, Ireland, (b. 1936), poetry includes: The Pig Killer and The Pig. Kennelly is a poet and educator. He is one of Ireland’s most distinguished and best-loved poets, as well as a renowned teacher and cultural commentator.
Margaret Kent, United States, (contemporary), is a poet. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina and has been published in several literary magazines including Poetry and Paris Review.
Graeme King, Australia, (contemporary), poetry includes: Three Little Pigs. King is a poet and pantologist. King now lives in outback Queensland. He is writing constantly.
William King (1663–1712), poetry include: The Art of Cookery. King was an English poet and bureaucrat known for humorous and satirical works, often in favor of the Tory and High Church cause.
Galway Kinnell, United States, (b. 1927) – poems include: Saint Francis And The Sow and The Sow Piglet’s Escapes.
John Vincent Kinsella, Australia, (b. 1963), poetry includes: Transgenic Pig Ode, The Fable of the Great Sow. Kinsella is a poet, novelist, playwright, critic, essayist, teacher and editor. Kinsella teaches at Cambridge University and previously taught English at Kenyon College in the United States.