Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Rhyll McMaster, Australia, (b. 1947), poetry includes: The Slaughter. McMaster is a poet, editor, reviewer and novelist who has also worked as a secretary, a burns unit nurse and a sheep farmer. She has also been poetry editor of The Canberra Times, a reviewer for the Australian Book Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Frank McNie, Scotland/Canada (b. 1948), poetry includes: Perciville Pig. McNie is a poet and supports himself in the hospitality services – most recently as owner, with his wife, June, of Natara’s House, a guest house in Niagara-on-the-Lake and High Street Fish And Chips in Toronto.
Philip Memmer, United States, (b. 1971), poetry includes: THE PIGS. He is a poet, editor and educator. He is the author of five books of poems, most recently Pantheon (Lost Horse Press 2019). Memmer is the director of the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse, NY.
Hilary Menos, United Kingdom, (b. 1964), poetry includes: Long Pig. Menos is a poet, journalist, food reviewer, arts critic, organic farmer, script overseer and dramaturge. Menos took a diploma in Graphic Origination and Reproduction and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism. She has had two poetry collections published, Berg (2009) and Red Devon (2013).
George Meredith, England, (1828-1909), poetry includes: CONTINUED. Meredith was a poet and novelist of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
W.S. Merwin, United States, (1927-2019), poetry includes: The Devil’s Pig. Mervin was a poet. He wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. In June 2010, the Library of Congress named Merwin the seventeenth United States Poet Laureate. Merwin received many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1971 and 2009; the National Book Award for Poetry in 2005 and the Tanning Prize from the Academy of American Poets.
Nadine Sabra Meyer, United States, (b. 1968), poetry includes: Woman and Child Blowing Bubbles. Meyer is a poet, researcher and educator.who has won the New Letters Prize for Poetry as well as a Pushcart Prize for her poetry. She is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Gettysburg College.
United States, (contemporary) Gristle I steal back the half-chewed pig’s ear from my dog’s mouth and with needle and dental floss, I sew it into the mattress on my wife’s side of the bed. She mumbles in her sleep and, though sometimes it is the only noise in the house, I cannot understand her. … Read more
The Mighty Anglo-Saxon Hog Uprising is an anonymous Old English poem that probably dates back to the early seventh century. It was first discovered in 1500s by John de Hamtoun and translated for the modern readers by John S. Hatcher, Ph. D. a specialist in Old and Middle English literature and linguistics at the University of South Florida.
Naomi Mary Margaret (Haldane) Mitchison, Scotland, (1897-1999), poetry includes: THE FANCY PIG. Mitchison was a poet, biologist, nurse and novelist. She wrote over 90 books covering a wide range of genre including poetry, historical fiction, science fiction, travelogue and autobiography. She was also vocal feminist, particularly campaigning for birth control. We Have Been Warned (1935) is regarded as her most controversial work due to explicit sexuality. The book was rejected by leading publishers and ultimately censored.