Lambert, Ron
Ron Lambert, Canada (contemporary), poetry includes: Vaquero Voodoo. Lambert is a poet, singer-songwriter and Cowboy Action Shooter with a keen interest in the history of ranching and cowboying.
Archives: Pig Poets
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Lampman, Archibald
Archibald Lampman, Canada, (1861-1899), poetry includes: The Cup Of Life. Lampman is widely regarded as Canada’s finest 19th-century English-language poet. He was a member of the so-called “Confederation” group of poets which also included Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman and Duncan Campbell Scott.
Lape, Fred
United States, (1900-1985) The Laughing Faces of Pigs Eight young pigs in a row look at me from the trough, eight laughing faces waiting for their food. Am I so funny seen from a pig’s eyes? No, they’d look the same at any stick or beam. Nothing can make a pig look sad; his face … Read more
Laughlin, James
James Laughlin, United States, (1914-1997), poetry includes: The Pig. Laughlin was a poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing 1936. An eventual powerhouse publishing business that specialized in new and modern poets and authors, and dedicated to publishing quality works with little regard to their chances for commercial success.
Lawrence, D. H.
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), (1885-1930) – poems include: Female Coercion, Food of the North, Mystic. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic.
Lawson, Henry
Henry Lawson, Australia, (1867-1922), poetry includes: The Ballad of the Elder Son. Lawson was an Australian bush poet and writer. He is one of the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the Colonial Period and remains, arguably, the best known Australian writer. His poetry and prose are still widely quoted. Most of his works are still in print. His written images are those most often used by Australians call upon to depict their country.
Lay of the Hunted Pig (The)
The Lay of the Hunted Pig, a poetic work by an anonymous author in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Le Fanu, J. Sheridan
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu, Ireland, (1814-1873), poetry includes: Neither Pig Nor Maid. Le Fanu was a writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.
Lea, Sydney
Sydney Lea, United States, (b. 1942), poetry includes: The Rural Sublime and The Feud. is a poet, novelist, essayist, editor, educator, and was the Poet Laureate of Vermont (2011–15). Lea founded New England Review in 1977 and edited it until 1989.
Leach, Roland
Roland Leach, Australia, (b. 1957), poetry includes: My Father’s Pigs. Leach is a poet and teacher. Leach teaches literature in secondary school and manages Sunline Press, a publishing venture to publish Australian poets in small elegant hardback editions. When not teaching or writing he surfs.