Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Patricia Smith (Smith-DeSilva), United States, (b. 1955), poetry includes: ALWAYS HUNGRY. Smith is a poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist. She is the author of eight books of poetry, a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, and teaches at the College of Staten Island and in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada College.
Ralph Sneeden, United States, (b. 1960), poetry includes: Pigs Watered in Heat Wave. Sneeden is a poet educator. He holds MFA from Warren Wilson College. He has taught high school English since1983, presently at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire (1995-2022). His work has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize, anthologized in three collections and widely published in journals and periodicals.
A.L. Snijders, Netherlands, (1937–2021), poetry includes: Banana, Suckling Pig and Acorns. Snijders was a poet, writer, columnist and educator. He created of a new literary genre called the ‘very short story’ or “zkvs”, short for “zeer korte verhalen” – a term he invented. At his death he had assembled over eleven published collections of zkv’s and a staggering total of over 3,000 zkv’s.
Susan de Sola, United States, (1962-2021), poetry includes: A Party for Kevin. De Sola was a poet, essayist and, reviewer. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and gained a PhD in English and American literature from the Johns Hopkins University. She published book chapters, scholarly and critical essays and reviews on literature, nature, art and design as Susan de Sola Rodstein. A native New Yorker, she lived in The Netherlands with her family at the time of her death.
Penny Somervaille, New Zealand, (b.1936; fl. 1998-present), poetry includes: Meanwhile. Somervaille is a poet and short fiction writer with a (mature) BA in English and Writing Studies at the University of Auckland in 2009.An active public reader of her own work, Somervaille, appears regularly in a variety of poetry reading venues around Auckland, NZ. Her book,Small Decisions Pennyroyal Press (2015) is her first published collection.
John Alfred “Jack” Sorensen, Australia, (1907-1949), poetry includes: How We Cashed The Pig. Sorensen was a bush poet, a balladeer, orchardist, gun shearer, wool-classer, boxing champion, journalist, and soldier. He was also known as Western Australia’s Fighting Poet and the “Weaver of Dreams.”
Britain, (1774-1843) ODETo A Pig While His Nose Was Being Bored. Hark! hark! that Pig — that Pig! the hideous note, More loud, more dissonant, each moment grows — Would one not think the knife was in his throat? And yet they are only boring through his nose. You foolish beast, so rudely to … Read more
Sparrow [aka: Michael Gorelick], United States, (b. 1953), poetry includes: Movie Stars. Sparrow is a poet, activist, educator and musician. He is a gossip columnist for the Phoenicia Times, a contributing editor to Chronogram, a substitute teacher, and the author of three poetry books through Soft Skull Press. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Quarterly, The New York Times and many other journals.
Anonymous – Collaborative (contemporary) A caramel pig once sat on the throne Sweet little piggy sat all alone Thinking the thoughts permitted by brains And drinking the quarts on British Rail trains a Spoonbill Generator collaborative verse from: Apsley and Nigel Sly, finished 14/4/2002. About the Poet Spoonbill Generator is an ongoing internet collaborative … Read more
Carmine Starnino, Canada (b. 1970), poetry includes: Our Butcher. Starnino is a poet, essayist, critic and editor. He is the editor of poetry and the Signal Editions poetry series for Véhicule Press