Amy Lowell, United States, (1874–1925), poetry includes: Nightmare: A Tale For An Autumn Evening. Lowell was an Imagist poet, lecturer, and critic. Lowell became a leader of the Imagist poetry movement, first conceived by poet named T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound. Lowell edited the three succeeding volumes of Some Imagist Poets for 1915, 1916 and 1917 each containing the early work by Imagist poets. Her poetry book What’s O’Clock (1925) posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.
Britain/United States, (1882-1966) Love Songs I. Spawn of Fantasies Silting the appraisable Pig Cupid his rosy snout Rooting erotic garbage “Once upon a time” Pulls a weed white star-topped Among wild oats sown in mucous-membrane I would an eye in a Bengal light Eternity in a sky-rocket Constellations in an ocean Whose rivers run no fresher Than a trickle of saliva These … Read more
Renée Nicole Macklin, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs. Macklin is a poet, and in 2020 was an undergraduate in the English Department at Old Dominion University in Virginia. In 2020 she made Spring Dean’s List and was the winner of the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
British, (b. 1955) Herding Swine Dangerous, them lot, They root around and mark the ground, And every sound they make’s Both meaningless and clear. Their familiar skin, And the shape they’re in Seem natural enough But fear, a moment’s concentration loss Could cost a finger, dear. Their appetite’s eclectic, Their unrestricted taste Would … Read more
British, (1873-1956) The Pigs and the Charcoal-burner The old Pig said to the little pigs, “In the forest is truffles and mast, Follow me then, all ye little pigs, Follow me fast!” The Charcoal-burner sat in the shade With his chin on his thumb, And saw the big Pig and the little pigs Chuffling … Read more
United States, (contemporary) A Partial History of Swine The Question At night in the slop yard where swine settle under tall yard lights cauterizing the dark, the sound always comes back: a mosquito’s wire-thin insistence bending in and out of their ears, an unanswered question. — ~ — DeSoto Brings Thirteen … Read more
Rochelle Mass, Canada (b. 1943), poetry includes: At the Dinner Party. Mass is a poet, short stort writer, translator and editor. She lives with her family in a Jewish settlement on the Gilboa Mountain, overlooking the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
William Matthews, United States, (1942-1997) – poems include: Sooey Generous, Truffle Pigs, Photo of the Author with a Favorite Pig, Unrelenting Flood.
