Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Christian Karlson “C.K.” Stead, New Zealand, (b. 1932), poetry includes: 1849 The Settler and 21 Postscript. Stead is a poet whose works also include novels, short stories, and literary criticism. Stead is one of New Zealand’s foremost literary figures and was the New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2015 to 2017.
United States, (b.1955) An Ode to a Quest for the Black Pig Dike In the legends of Ireland, one with great might Is a fierce pig with a powerful bite. Black was his color, as black as his heart He burrowed and burrowed right from the start. For 800 kilometers he moved the … Read more
J. Brunton Stephens, Scotland/Australia, (1835-1902), poetry includes: The Great Pig Story of the Tweed. Stephens was a poet and also worked much of his life as a private tutor on cattle stations and as a schoolteacher.
Gerald Stern, United States, (b. 1925), poetry includes: Plaster Pig. Stern is a poet, essayist, educator. He attended both the University of Pittsburgh (BA) and Columbia University (MA) and has attended the University of Paris for post-graduate study. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, he received the National Book Award for Poetry in 1998 and was a finalist in 1991 for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and in 2000 was appointed as New Jersey’s first poet laureate.
United States, (1879-1955) Frogs Eat Butterflies, Snakes Eat Frogs, Hogs Eat Snakes, Men Eat Hogs It is true that the rivers went nosing like swine, Tugging at banks, until they seemed Bland belly-sounds in somnolent troughs, That the air was heavy with the breath of these swine, The breath of turgid summer, and Heavy … Read more
Linda Stitt, Canada, (b. 1932), poetry includes: Bliss Pig. Stitt was born in Huntsville, Ontario, crying in iambic pentameter. Her life and education have been a process of what Carl Sagan described as “matter coming to consciousness”.
Britain, (1869-1934) Early Bacon EARLY bacon, early bacon! Oh, the pleasant sight to see, Sires come down for early bacon, With an egg and pot of tea. Early bacon, early bacon! Oh, the happy hours I fed, Deep in joy on early bacon, Coming from a comfy bed. Early bacon, early bacon! That’s … Read more
Nomi Stone, United States, (b. 1981), poetry includes: Human Technology and On the 4th of July in the Empire. Stone is a poet and an anthropologist with a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia and an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Poetry at the University of Texas, Dallas. Stone is the author of two poetry collections, Stranger’s Notebook (TriQuarterly 2008) and Kill Class (2019).
Ruth Stone, United States, (1915-2011), poetry includes: Another Feeling and Certainly Not. Stone was a poet, author, and educator. For twenty years she traveled the US, teaching creative writing at many universities, finally she became a professor of English at SUNY Binghamton. Stone was named Vermont’s poet laureate in 2007.
Isaac Story, United States, (1774-1803), poetry includes: Anacreontic to a Little Pig’s Tale. He was a poet, miscellaneous writer and lawyer. He was graduated from Harvard (1793) and wrote moral essays, political squibs, and light verse for the newspapers in the large leisure of waiting for professional employment.