Pig poetry updates – November, 2012
Here are some recent additions to the Best Loved Pig Poetry section of the Arnold Ziffel Memorial Library. Poets ask us to consider the pig in the context of nursery rhymes, morals, allegory and more.
Pig poetry updates – Spring, 2012
For Spring 2012, Porkopolis.org is pleased to announce a major poetry update to the Best Loved Pig Poetry section of the Library.
Theme is new & improved
Today a new and totally redesigned site theme debuts at Porkopolis.org. The site continues to be powered by WordPress, and the underlying code for this new theme is built using Justin Tadlock’s ThemeHybrid and the content remains 100% Pure Pork (mostly).
Translations removed
So it has been said that St. Anthony’s favorite swine could speak, even when other groveling pigs could only squeak. Unfortunately, from today, the only ‘foreign’ translations available here will be our pig-Latinized ‘lorem ipsum’ — “Oremlay ipsumyay olorday itsay ametyay, onsectetuercay adipiscingyay elityay.”. The translation service from the WordPress plugin, Global Translator, has been terminated.
Circe in Art and Poetry
A new exhibition of art featuring Circe and pigs has opened in the Porkopolis.org Art Museum and a selection of pig themed poetry also featuring Circe has been added to the Best Loved Pig Poetry section Of the Ziffel Memorial Library.
March 2011 – In and Out Like A Pig
A review of major happenings at Porkopolis.org for March 2011: blog posts on the Lords of Lard, the Reprint Series opens and a major theme upgrade is rolled out.
National Pig Day 2011
The offices at Porkopolis.org added a new indoor pool and mud wallow in December of 2010. The pigs and I have been taking some time off to enjoy these treats and recompose our sensibilities. We have also been working behind the scenes on a few projects we will be unveiling in March: the first issue [...]
The Votaries of Circe
Porkopolis.org recently added the works of 22 more poets to its Library. Poets who have considered the zeitgeist of Circe’s world and her preference for pigs over men.
WordPress 3.0 Pigged
I am continually grateful that knowledgeable hard-working people take their personal time to create tutorials, detailed posts, and instructional articles that help total strangers succeed. the Porkopolis.org editor Today, Porkopolis.org has upgraded to the newest version – 3.0 – of WordPress. This is after a phenomenal 3,000,000 other folks, and an undetermined number of pigs, [...]
Poetry Updates for April 2010
In the Porkopolis.org Library, poetry updates for mid-April include: an eccentric Anglican; a moveable feast; diction adapted to a certain class of readers; lawyers, not pigs in time of famine; hogs and men hunted and penned in an inglorious spot; and lastly, perpetual promises, but to no good ends. The poet Robert Peters discusses Gyp, [...]
