Atwood, Margaret
Margaret Atwood, Canada, (b. 1939) – poetry about pigs. Pig Song. Circe / Mud Poems. Atwood is a poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic and environmental activist.
Archives: Pig Poets
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Baxter, James K.
James Keir Baxter, New Zealand (1926-1972), poetry includes: Jerusalem Sonnets, Beatrice, A Little Letter to Auckland Students. Baxter was a poet, educator and advocate for social reforms in New Zealand. His alcoholism and frequent shifts of religion and life style were the center of much controversy and speculation.
Bhatt, Sujata
Sujata Bhatt, India (b. 1956), poetry includes: Allium Moly and Odysseus. Bhatt is a poet and a native speaker of Gujarati. She currently works as a freelance writer and has translated Gujarati poetry into English for the Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets.
Bitar, Walid
Walid Bitar, Lebanon/Canadian (b. 1961), poetry includes: The Island Porcile. Bitar is a poet. He attended the University of Toronto before traveling and working in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. From 1990 to 1991, he held a Teaching-Writing Fellowship at the University of Iowa.
Blakely, Diann
Poetic works by Diann Blakely in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
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
Campbell, David
David Watt Ian Campbell, Australia, (1915-1979), works include: Circe’s Home for Sailors, Invocation to Circe and The Magic Branch. Campbell published over fifteen volumes of poetry and prose. He also edited the 1966 edition of Australian Poetry and, in 1970, Modern Australian Poetry. He also wrote short stories and translated Russian poetry in a collaborative project with Rosemary Dobson and others.
Dobson, Henry Austin
Britian, (1840-1921) THE PRAYER OF THE SWINE TO CIRCE HUDDLING they came, with shag sides caked of mire,— With hoofs fresh sullied from the troughs o’er-turned,— With wrinkling snouts,—yet eyes in which desire Of some strange thing unutterably burned, Unquenchable; and still where’er She turned They rose about her, striving each o’er each, With restless, … Read more
Dor, Moshe
Moshe Dor (b. 1932), Israeli poet, children’s book author, interviewer, translator and essayist. He has also co-edited three English anthologies of contemporary Israeli poetry.
Duffy, Carol Ann
Carol Ann Duffy, Scottland, (b. 1955) – Circe (1999 ) and Chocs (1999). Duffy is a poet and playwright, college professor and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (2009).