Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Lauren Renée (also L. Renée), United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Ghazal: Hog Killing Time. Renée, is a poet and studying for her MFA at Indiana University, where she has served as nonfiction editor of the Indiana Review and associate director of the Indiana University Writers’ Conference.
United States, (contemporary) the pig who thinks in english The pig who thinks in English takes his ease and taps his trotters daintily on tiles that echo pleasantly while sun and breeze bring pleasure to him, teasing out those smiles he’s famous for among his litter mates. “What man is good for? There are many … Read more
Harold Rhenisch, Canada (b. 1958), poetry includes: The Brothers. Rhenisch is a poet, editor and writer with an extensive career in the publishing industry, teaching and agriculture. He has published more that eleven books of poetry and is the editor/publisher of The Milestones Review, a book review quarterly and publisher of chapbooks
United States, (1942-2002) The Offering To the somethingness Which prevents the nothingness Like Homer’s wild boar From thrashing this way and that It’s white tusks Through human beings Like crackling stalks And to nothing less I offer this suffering of my father. 16 October ’93 © Anne Rice. This poem is quoted in: Anne … Read more
Adrienne Cecile Rich, United States, (1929-2012), poetry includes: Calle Visión.
Rich was a poet, essayist, political activist and feminist. She was called “one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century” and one of America’s foremost public intellectuals.
Jack Ridl, United States, (b. 1944), poetry includes: TOGETHER IN THE BACK YARD and Clown. Ridl is a poet and educator. He graduated from Westminster College, Pennsylvania with M.Ed., in 1970. Ridl was a professor at Hope College in Holland, Michigan from 1971 until retiring in 2006. The author of seven collections of poetry, Ridl is also co-author with Peter Schakel of Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses (1996).
Anonymous – (fl. 1997) A PIG in a WIG A PIG in a WIG, with a Blue-Ribbon WIN, Was given to breeding with hogs, but in SIN. She paid for her deeds when the SON of that SOW Had trans-species surgery; NOW he’s a COW. © Robert1919@aol.com. Used with permission.The Atlantic online. May 1997. Editor’s … Read more
Matthew Rohrer, United States, (b. 1970), poetry includes: Pig-In-A-Blanket. Rohrer is a poet, editor and educator. He earned an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa. He was a co-founder of Fence magazine and his poems have been widely anthologized and translated. One of Rohrer’s tattoos has appeared in two books of literary tattoos. He was co-founder and poetry editor for Fence magazine and teaches at New York University. Rohrer’s poems are known for their surreal imagery, imagination, and sharp humor. He is the author of more than nine books of poems.
Rik Roots, United Kingdom, (b. 1964), poetry includes: Vampyre. Roots is a poet, web developer and former member of Her Majesty’s Civil Service. He writes mostly Science Fiction and Fantasy in his fiction and poetry. His major claim to ‘proper’ poetic fame is being part of the group that established the Magma Poetry magazine. Roots mainly writes to his poetry website, the RikVerse and all his poems can be found online there.
Joseph Rosenblatt, Canada (b. 1933), poetry includes: The Dream, It Was Late in the Afternoon and XXXII. Rosenblatt is a poet and painter. His line drawings, paintings, and sketches often illustrate his own and other poets’ books of poetry.