Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Patrick Warner, Ireland/Canada (b. 1963), poetry includes: The Bacon Company of Ireland, The Pig Narrative and Pig Lyric. Warner is a poet who emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Newfoundland in 1980. He has twice won the E.J. Pratt Poetry Prize and is the Rare Books, Archives and Special Collections Librarian for at the Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Poetic works by Cary Waterman in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Roger Weingarten, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Paradise. Weingarten is a poet, editor and educator. He was involved in the establishment of the MFA in Writing and the Postgraduate Writers’ Conference at Vermont College and taught there from 1980 to 2008.
Marie de L. Welch, United States, (1905-1974), poetry includes: IN A PIG’S EYE.
Welch was a poet and writer, also known as Marie de Laveaga Welch and Marie de Laveaga. Welch lived in the California Bay Area and her work was often involved in progressive politics and social reform. She figured prominently in the history and literary achievements of the Popular Front Movement (1934-1939) in the United States that emerged in response to the Great Depression and the rise of fascism in Europe.
Ellen Welcker, United States, (b. 1977), poetry includes: Pigs and Slop. Welcker is a poet, literary events organizer. She received her MFA in poetry from Goddard College in 2010. Welcker lives in Spokane, WA, where she works for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry. She also organizes literary events locally for Spark Central and and co-facilitates Scablands Lit, an organization that supports writers in the Inland Northwest.
Britain, (1662-1735) A Pindaricque, On the Grunting of a Hog 1. Freeborn Pindaric never does refuse, Either a lofty, or a humble Muse: Now in proud Sophoclaeligan Buskins Sings, Of Hero’s, and of Kings, Mighty Numbers, mighty Things; Now out of sight she flys, Rowing with gaudy Wings A-cross the stormy Skys, Then down again, … Read more
Agnes Wetherald, Canada (1857-1940), poetry includes: The Whity Pink Pig, Prodigal Yet. Wetherald was a poet and a women’s issues columnist. Her poetry and essays appeared in a wide range of Canadian and American periodicals and she published six books of poetry.
George Whalley, Canada (1915-1983), poetry includes: Pig. Whalley was a Canadian poet, editor, scholar, biographer, and translator. Whalley obtained his Ph. D. from King’s College, London in 1950. He was a Rhodes scholar for Quebec in 1936. Whalley taught English at Queen’s University and was twice the head of the department.
Poetic works by Katharine Whitcomb in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Teresa White, United States, (b. 1947), poetry includes: We Never Give Them Names. White is a poet and writer. In 1999 she was nominated for a Pushcart by Melic Review, and was selected as the featured poet in Melic Review’s millenium issue. She is the author of one book of poems In What Furnace? (Two Steps, 1997). Her work has been published in Avatar, Blue Moon Review, Eclectica and many others.