Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Gregory Heath, England, (b. 1967), poetry includes: Pig. Heath is a poet, short story writer and novelist. He is widely published in the small press; his poetry, short stories and essays have appeared in magazines such as Tears in the Fence, Iota, and Poetic Licence.
Poetic works by Jennifer Michael Hecht in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Ramona Herdman, United Kingdom, (1978), poetry includes: “My name is Legion: for we are many”. Herdman is a poet and a committee member for Café Writers in Norfolk, UK. Herdman received a BA and MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, and within a year of completing her studies she published her first collection, Come what you wished for (2003).
Dorothy Coade Hewett, Australia (1923-2002), poetry includes: Still Lives. Hewett was a poet, novelist and playwright. She was also a feminist and a member of the Communist Party.
Jim Heynen, United States, (b. 1945), poetry includes: TORNADO ALERT, DURING THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF LIFE, SOMETIMES A SOW and Hog House Poem. Heynen is a poet and a writer of novels, nonfiction, and short fiction. He has been awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in both poetry and fiction.
United States, (b. 1960) Traffic Jam I try to make eye contact with a pig. I see rumps and flanks, snouts through the flesh-hauler’s metal mesh, but no eyes and therefore no piggy soul greets me. We who were speeding now inch toward fate, fabled endpoint when spoils will be allotted and heads chopped off. … Read more
Sean Hill, United States, (b. 1973), poetry includes: Uncle John and Milledgeville Haibun. Hill is a poet, editor and educator. He has served as the director of the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference at Bemidji State University since 2012.
Selima Hill, England, (b. 1945), works include: Please Can I Have a Man, Brueghel’s Helicopter and The Postman Like a Bunch of Flowers. Hill attended Cambridge, married, and had a family before publishing her first collection in 1983. Hill is now working on a ninth collection, Suitcase; editing; teaching and chasing after her chickens and small grandchildren.
Darla Himeles, United States, (b. 1983), poetry includes: Pigs that Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of. Himeles is a poet, editor and educator. She has a PhD in American literature from Temple University, where she works as the assistant director of the Temple University Writing Center.
Poetic works by Edward Hirsch in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.