Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of poets who have considered the pig.
Robert W. Service, Canada (1874-1958), poetry includes: The Junior God, The Argument, Ruins and Eateries. Service was a poet who was born in Lancashire, England and emigrated to Canada in 1894. He led and wrote about a vagabond career took him throughout the world.
Mark Sinnett, Canada (b. 1963), poetry includes: At the track, or Dog chases rabbit. Sinnett is a poet and winner of the Gerald Lampert Award in 1998 for his poetry collection The Landing, and the Toronto Book Award in 2010 for his novel The Carnivore. Sinnett is currently based in Kingston, Ontario, where he also works as a full-time real estate agent.
Robin Skelton, Canada (1925-1997), poetry includes: Wart Hog. Skelton was a poet, academic, writer and anthologist. He became Professor of English at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and served as Founder Chairman of Department of Creative Writing 1973-76. He was well known for his work as a literary editor and was a founder and editor, with John Peter, of The Malahat Review.
Carmine Starnino, Canada (b. 1970), poetry includes: Our Butcher. Starnino is a poet, essayist, critic and editor. He is the editor of poetry and the Signal Editions poetry series for Véhicule Press
Linda Stitt, Canada, (b. 1932), poetry includes: Bliss Pig. Stitt was born in Huntsville, Ontario, crying in iambic pentameter. Her life and education have been a process of what Carl Sagan described as “matter coming to consciousness”.
Sarah M. “Nettie” Squire Sutton, Canada / United States, (1864-1932), poetry includes: We Miss The Hogs And Cattle. She was a poet, wife and mother. Today, her poems give us a vivid window into a woman’s world one hundred years ago.
Richard Vallance, Canada (b. 1945), poetry includes: Whoso Squeals or Grunts. Vallance is a poet, and the editor of the international, multilingual sonnet anthology, The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes / Le Phénix Renaissant de ses Cendres (2013).
Gillian Wallace, Canada (b. 1958), poetry includes: Dinner Time. Wallace is a poet, editor and copy editor. She has a PhD in the psychology of religion, writing her thesis on original sin.
Patrick Warner, Ireland/Canada (b. 1963), poetry includes: The Bacon Company of Ireland, The Pig Narrative and Pig Lyric. Warner is a poet who emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Newfoundland in 1980. He has twice won the E.J. Pratt Poetry Prize and is the Rare Books, Archives and Special Collections Librarian for at the Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Agnes Wetherald, Canada (1857-1940), poetry includes: The Whity Pink Pig, Prodigal Yet. Wetherald was a poet and a women’s issues columnist. Her poetry and essays appeared in a wide range of Canadian and American periodicals and she published six books of poetry.