Janice D. Whittington, United States, (b. 1946), poetry includes: Feral. She is a poet and educator and has taught English and writing for more than thirty years at the high school level. Whittington is the author of a poetry book and a chap book; and is co-editor of The Waltz He Was Born For: An Introduction to the Writing of Walt McDonald. She is also a member of the Lubbock, Texas Ad Hoc Writing Group who share and critique their groups current works – published as well as works-in-progress – and do public readings.
Ginger Williams, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Watching a Sleeping Pig. Williams is a poet and educator who has been active in the Long Island poetry community since 1992. Since retiring as a teacher of Special Needs Students, she continues to teach poetry in the schools as well as The Mills Pond House, The Walt Whitman Birthplace and other venues.
Lauren Winchester, United States, (b. 1991), poetry includes: Pig Woman. Winchester is a poet based in San Carlos, California. Her poems explore humanity’s relationship with the natural world. She received her MFA in poetry from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
David Wojahn, United States, (b. 1953), poetry includes: Francis Ford Coppola and Anthropologist Interpreter Teaching Gartewienna Tribesmen to Sing “Light My Fire,” Philippine Jungle, 1978. Wojahn is a poet, educator.
Douglas “Woody” Woodsum, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: FIRST PIG and Fourteener 279. Woodsum is a poet, cartoonist and educator. Since 1995 he has been teaching high school English in rural Maine.
Patricia Helen Wooldridge, England, (contemporary), poems include: When Pigs Chew Stones. Wooldridge is a poet and educator who specialises in the teaching of poetry and has published widely in many poetry journals since 1996. Wooldridge completed her creative writing doctorate exploring the relationship between poetry and painting in 2008.
Swiss, (1926-2010) Affluence noise in the air? ulysses doesn’t hear the sirens: he’s in the sty with circe. they yawn. their bodies just make ‘em puke. what’s left? words. they babble of troy that was, and of ithaca to come. and all the swine come in on the tune with their grunts. Translated by … Read more
Ireland, (1865-1939) The Valley of the Black Pig The dews drop slowly and dreams gather: unknown spears Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes, And then the clash of fallen horsemen and the cries Of unknown perishing armies beat about my ears. We who still labour by the cromlech on the shore, The grey cairn on … Read more
