Brooks, Walter R.
Poetic works by Walter R. Brooks in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Archives: Pig Poets
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Broome, Frederick
Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG, Canada/Britain (1842-1896), poetry includes: St. Anne and the Pig. Broome was a colonial administrator in the British Empire. He served in Natal, Mauritius, Western Australia, Barbados and Trinidad. His poem was published in Station Life in New Zealand (1870), a collection of letters home written by his wife, Lady Mary Anne Barker while the couple owned and ran a sheep station in New Zealand.
Brophy, Kevin
Kevin Brophy, Australia (b. 1949), poetry includes: Taking a Pig To Market. Brophy is a poet, essayist and novelist. He studied literature and psychology at the University of Melbourne and is currently a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne.
Broumas, Olga
Greek/U.S., (b. 1949) Circe THE CHARM The fire bites, the fire bites. Bites to the little death. Bites till she comes to nothing. Bites on her own sweet tongue. She goes on. Biting. THE ANTICIPATION They tell me a woman waits, motionless till she’s wooed. I wait spiderlike, effortless … Read more
Brown, Fleda
Fleda Brown, United States, (b. 1944), poetry includes: Someone Is Walking the Pig. Brown is a poet, educator and author (aka: Fleda Brown Jackson). Brown has her BA, MA and PhD from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She taught at the University of Delaware (1979-2007) and was Poet Laureate of Delaware from 2001-07.
Brown, Pam
Pam Brown, Australia, (b. 1948), poetry includes: The Hanoi Cycle. Brown was the poetry editor for he Australian magazine Overland an associate editor of Jacket magazine. She has been a guest at poetry festivals worldwide, taught at the University for Foreign Languages, Hanoi, and held the Distinguished Visitor Award at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Buchanan, Mrs. Walter [Mary]
Mrs. Walter [Mary] Buchanan, Scotland/Canada (1863-1927), poetry includes: Piggy. Buchanan was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1881. In the midst of an arduous life as a farm wife and mother of four, Mary composed poems which reflected her Scottish roots and praised her adopted Canadian homeland. Buchanan’s book of poems,Country breezes from Breezy Brae (1910), includes her most famous works.
Buck, Janet
United States, (contemporary) The Three Big Pigs With money’s vain and silly reach, they bought a brand new Suburban, parked it neatly in an urban nest, killed the weeds, barked the lawn, and went shopping for emus and pot-belly pigs. “They’re trainable and couth expressions of bourgeoisie,” said bibles of their country club. Now, Mother … Read more
Buhl, Cindy M.
Cindy M. Buhl, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: It Was the Damn Pig. Buhl is a poet and foreign policy advisor and writer for a member of the U.S. Congress. She is a member of the Washington, D.C. Writer’s Center.
Bunyan, John
Poetic works by John Bunyan in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.