Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
Poets and artists of Australian and New Zealand nationality.
Peter Boyle, Australia (b. 1951), poetry includes: The Transformation Boat. Boyle is a poet, educator and translator. Boyle has worked as a teacher of English, History and Communications in secondary schools and in technical colleges for many years. He has published nine collections of poetry and has translated extensively from French and Spanish poets, notably Lorca, Cernuda, Vallejo, Montejo and Reverdy.
E. J. (Edwin James) Brady, Australia (1869-1952), poetry includes: The Whaler’s Pig. Brady was an Australian poet and journalist. Born in New South Wales, Brady was educated both in the United States and Sydney. He edited both rural and city newspapers for much of his life. In 1909, Brady established a writers’ and artists’ colony at Mallacoota.
Michael Brennan, Australia (b. 1973), poetry includes: Together. Brennan is a poet, educator and editor. Brennan graduated from the University of Sydney and completed a PhD on the poetry of Robert Adamson in 2001. He has taught English literature and cultural studies at universities in Australia and Japan. He currently lives in Tokyo, where he is an associate professor in the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University.
David Gordon Brooks, Australia, (b. 1953), poetry includes: The Pig. Brooks is a poet, novelist and essayist. He is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Sydney. There, he lectures in Australian literature, poetics and creative writing.
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.
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.
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.
Rachael Bush, New Zealand (1948-2016), poetry includes: Pig Hunting. Bush is poet and teacher. She has published three poetry collections: The Hungry Woman (1997), The Unfortunate Singer (2002) and Nice Pretty Things (2011).
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.
Graham Catt, Australia (b. 1963), works include: Pig. Catt is a poet and writer of short stories and children’s fiction. He is also a member of Adelaide’s long established Friendly Street Poets.