Comments on: Dragons, pigs and Canadian poetry https://www.porkopolis.org/2014/dragons-pigs-canadian-poetry/ Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary. Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan https://www.porkopolis.org/2014/dragons-pigs-canadian-poetry/#comment-8133 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:19:27 +0000 http://localhost/porko-x1/?p=12157#comment-8133 In reply to Donald Johnston.

Thanks for the kind words, Donald. I like the quote – clearly Davies (and Marchbanks) understood pigs well.

]]> By: Dan https://www.porkopolis.org/2014/dragons-pigs-canadian-poetry/#comment-8132 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:05:51 +0000 http://localhost/porko-x1/?p=12157#comment-8132 In reply to Gillian Wallace.

Thank you, Gillian. You are the only poet who created a work just for this collection (here), and I greatly appreciate your favor. Keep editing, and enjoying sausages!

]]> By: Gillian Wallace https://www.porkopolis.org/2014/dragons-pigs-canadian-poetry/#comment-8131 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:51:43 +0000 http://localhost/porko-x1/?p=12157#comment-8131 Great anthology, Dan! I’m delighted to be part of it.

]]> By: Donald Johnston https://www.porkopolis.org/2014/dragons-pigs-canadian-poetry/#comment-7601 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:41:26 +0000 http://localhost/porko-x1/?p=12157#comment-7601 As a Canadian, I thank you for this compilation. Ever more reasons for the joys of rooting here. I offer for your consideration, not a poem, but:

Robertson Davies
“A pig can learn more tricks than a dog, but has too much sense to want to do it.”
―Robertson Davies
Source/Notes:
The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (1949)
Read more at http://izquotes.com/author/robertson-davies?q=pig&x=17&y=14

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