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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PIGS Matches Found: 75 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A RECIPE: ROASTED SUCKING-PIG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Cooks who'd roast a sucking-pig Last Line: "and if he a guest should wish, / let him send for me!" Subject(s): Cooking & Cooks;pigs; Boars;hogs ADONIS, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am in love with a pig Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs ADONIS, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am in love with a pig Last Line: Your tusk buried %in my side Subject(s): Pigs ANOTHER FEELING, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once you saw a drove of young pigs Subject(s): Pigs; Diability; Regret; Boars; Hogs APRIL DUSK, WASSERGASS, by LEN ROBERTS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Weeks now I've been looking Last Line: Startling against the beginning green Subject(s): Pigs; Spring AT THE PIG PEN, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: Grandpa messed with his hogs Last Line: Grandma worried about his tongue Subject(s): Grandparents; Pigs BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What I need is a seraph and a pig Subject(s): Pigs; Food & Eating; Boars; Hogs CIRCE, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hair so damn good it eclipsed Last Line: With wherever they were going— Subject(s): Pigs; Hair EATING THE PIG, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twelve people, most of us strangers, stand in a room Subject(s): Pigs; Food & Eating; Boars; Hogs ECLOGUE: THE TIMES, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Well, tom, how be'st? Zoo thou'st a-got thy neame Last Line: You'll goo vor wool, an' then come hwome a-sheär'd. Subject(s): Birds; Crows; Economics; Fables; Farm Life; Labor & Laborers; Pigs; Politics & Government; Social Protest; Wages; Allegories; Agriculture; Farmers; Work; Workers; Boars; Hogs; Salaries FABLE: THE LAMB AND THE PIG, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Consult the moralist, you'll find Last Line: That once a lrog, and always so. Subject(s): Deception; Fables; Lambs; Pigs; Allegories; Boars; Hogs FABLES: 1ST SER. 48. THE GARDENER AND THE HOG, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A gard'ner, of peculiar taste Last Line: Shall mourn the folly soon or late. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Pigs; Boars; Hogs FOR JAN, WITH LOVE, by DAVID LEE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: John he comes to my house Last Line: Because john's red sow that fucker she died Subject(s): Birth; Death; Farm Life; Pigs; Child Birth; Midwifery; Dead, The; Agriculture; Farmers; Boars; Hogs GUINEY-PIGS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Guiney-pigs is awful cute Last Line: When they's company! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Animals; Food & Eating; Pigs; Boars; Hogs HOOFIN' IT, by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am but a river hog Last Line: By an' by! Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs IF I WERE A PIG, by ELIZABETH+(1) FLEMING Poem Source Subject(s): Pigs JACK SPRAT'S PIG (1), by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little jack sprat / once had a pig Last Line: Said little jack sprat. Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs JACK SPRAT'S PIG (2), by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Jack sprat's pig, %he was not very little Last Line: He'll do well for a grunt, %says little jack sprat Subject(s): Pigs LITTLE PIG ASLEEP, by LEROY F. JACKSON Poem Source First Line: Behind devaney's barn I saw Last Line: He had shellac on all his feet %and rubber on his nose Subject(s): Pigs LOADING A BOAR, by DAVID LEE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: We were loading a boar, a goddamn mean big sonofabitch Last Line: Writing and found out john he was right. Subject(s): Farm Life; Pigs; Poetry & Poets; Agriculture; Farmers; Boars; Hogs MORGANTE ND THE BOARS, by LUIGI PULCI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: And lo! A monstrous herd of swine appears Last Line: So did the abbot, and set wide the gate Subject(s): Pigs NEVER TAKE A PIG TO LUNCH, by SUSAN ALTON SCHMELTZ Poem Source Last Line: If his manners make you moan, %better let him lunch alone Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating; Pigs NOTES FOR A BESTIARY, by TERENCE HEYWOOD Poem Source First Line: I hate the cunning mantis, lean, mimetic Last Line: While man kills man and eats him as before Subject(s): Pigs OATH, by LIA PURPURA Poem Source First Line: To do no harm beyond need and not to hurt Last Line: Whose abundance is proof of my love Variant Title(s): To The Pig: An Oat Subject(s): Oaths; Pigs ODE TO A PIG WHILE HIS NOSE WAS BEING ROASTED, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! Hark! That pig - that pig! The hideous note Last Line: To think that for your master's good you die? Variant Title(s): Ode To A Pig, Who Nose Was Being Bored Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Mankind; Nature; Pain; Pigs; Sacrifices; Selflessness; Dead, The; Paradise; Human Race; Suffering; Misery; Boars; Hogs PHILOSOPHER ORDERS CRISPY PORK, by HEATHER MCHUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I love him so, this creature I do pray Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behind its snout like a huge button Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Pigs; Photography & Photographers; Boars; Hogs PIG, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: I shall paint here the pig's portrait Last Line: The pig serves to fix gold Subject(s): Pigs PIG, by EUGENE GRINDEL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: With sun on his back and sun on his belly Last Line: The pig is working Alternate Author Name(s): Eluard, Paul Subject(s): Pigs PIG, by ANTHONY HECHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the manger of course were cows and the child himself Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs PIG, by ANTHONY HECHT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the manger of course were cows and the child himself Last Line: O swine that takest away our sins %that takest away Subject(s): Pigs PIG, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pig, if I am not mistaken Last Line: I call it stupid of the pig Subject(s): Pigs PIG, by JOAN OLIVER Poem Source First Line: I need a system for losing weight Last Line: They're already talking about st. Martin's day Subject(s): Animals; Pigs PIG, by VASKO POPA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Only when she felt Last Line: Hurried to the yellow gate Alternate Author Name(s): Popa, Vasco Subject(s): Pigs PIG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It was an evening in november Last Line: And the pig got up and slowly walked away Subject(s): Pigs PIG VISIONS, by ROBERT COOPERMAN Poem Source First Line: Once, when sam Last Line: Able to breathe at last Subject(s): Pigs PIG'S LUNGS, by DOUGLAS GOETSCH Poem Source First Line: They only called it a dissection Last Line: Going up our mouths, into our chests Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.); Pigs; Suburbs QUESTIONS ABOUT HOGS AND THEIR ABUSIVE NAMES, by JOSE EMILIO PACHECO Poem Source First Line: Why are all their names so injurious Subject(s): Names; Pigs RAZOR BACK HAWGS, by MARIE RUSSELL Poem Text First Line: Maybe you have heared tell Last Line: We think a heap uv our hawg meat. Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs RIBANDS AND PIGS, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Set him a yawning & see how he yawns! Subject(s): Animals; Pigs RID OF HOGS, by RALPH BURNS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your hogs have taken part in the great conversation Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I went over tipple tyne Last Line: That ever went on tipple tyne Subject(s): Pigs;riddles; Boars;hogs SEPARATION, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Well my cadillac now that the hog herding has begun Last Line: Just where our lovers die Subject(s): Absence; Farm Life; Iowa; Pigs; Separation; Isolation; Agriculture; Farmers; Boars; Hogs SONGS OF THE TRANSFORMED: PIG SONG, by MARGARET ATWOOD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is what you changed me to Last Line: This is a hymn Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs SONGS OF THE TRANSFORMED: PIG SONG, by MARGARET ATWOOD Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is what you changed me to Last Line: I will sing a song of garbage. %this is a hymn Subject(s): Pigs SOOEY GENEROUS, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Saint anthony, patron of sausage makers Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs SOW, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God knows how our neighbor managed to breed Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs ST. ANTHONY AND HIS PIG; A CANTATA, by FREDERICK FORREST Poem Text First Line: Let clownish cymon, in fond rustic strains Last Line: But best of all I love my pig. Subject(s): Animals; Pigs; Boars; Hogs THE BLUE HOG, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I didn't have to buy the acid Last Line: Who's said to still be in the district. Variant Title(s): A Blue Hog Subject(s): Death - Children; Devil; Pigs; Revenge; Death - Babies; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Boars; Hogs THE BOAR AND THE SINGING BIRD, by JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE FLORIAN Poem Text First Line: A millionaire of much pretence Last Line: "deems his own merit the attraction." Subject(s): Pigs; Vanity; Wealth; Boars; Hogs; Riches; Fortunes THE BOAR-HUNT, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These having halted bade blow horns, and rode Last Line: Foamed out the latest wrath of all his life. Subject(s): Calydon, Greece; Hunting; Pigs; Hunters; Boars; Hogs THE CHRISTENIN', by PRIAM [PSEUD.] Poem Text First Line: "on the plains of tooraneedin, where the rabbits keep on breedin'" Last Line: He's the one and only christian pig in all the countryside Alternate Author Name(s): Priam Subject(s): Baptism;christianity;ireland;pigs; Christenings;irish;boars;hogs THE LADY AND THE SWINE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a lady loved a swine Last Line: Hoogh, quoth he. Variant Title(s): Hunc, He Said;lady And Swine;the Lady In Love;the Silver Sty Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs THE OBSCURE, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It's the poor first light of morning Last Line: That her breasts filled the window like a mouth. Subject(s): Death; Desire; Farm Life; Man-woman Relationships; Pigs; Dead, The; Agriculture; Farmers; Male-female Relations; Boars; Hogs THE PIG AND THE HEN, by ALICE CARY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pig and the hen / both got in one pen Subject(s): Hens; Pigs; Relationships; Anger; Friendship THE PIG; A COLLOQUIAL POEM, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jacob! I do not like to see thy nose Last Line: Of beans it came, and thoughts of bacon rise. Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs THE PIPER'S SON, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In olden days there dwelt a piper's Last Line: And round and soundly justice-of-ye-peaced. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Pigs; Pipers; Boars; Hogs THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 72, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pigs devour dead human flesh Last Line: Lotuses will bloom in boiling soup Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Humanity; Pigs; Boars; Hogs THE POOR MAN'S PIG, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Already fallen plum-bloom stars the green Last Line: And sulky as a child when her play's done. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): England; Landscape; Pigs; English; Boars; Hogs THE SNAKE DOCTORS, by FRANK STANFORD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was in the outhouse Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Crime & Criminals; Pigs; Anglers; Boars; Hogs THE SQUIRE'S BOAR HUNT, by ROSE TERRY COOKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, gallop my masters! Come gallop my men! Last Line: We'll end with high revel this hunt of the boar. Subject(s): Hunting; Pigs; Hunters; Boars; Hogs THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, by ALFRED SCOTT-GATTY Poem Text First Line: A jolly old sow once lived in a sty Last Line: "for you only can say, ""wee! Wee!" Subject(s): Pigs; Boars; Hogs THE WILD BOAT, TIME, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shall a man never rest Last Line: I will drink this water in the valley. Subject(s): Life; Pigs; Time; Vision; Boars; Hogs THIS LITTLE PIGGY CRIED WEE WEE WEE ALL THE WAY HOME, by LUDWIG DETSINYI Poem Source First Line: Little piggy was playing with the piggies next door Last Line: I really had to go!' Subject(s): Family Life; Pigs THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAD NONE, by LUDWIG DETSINYI Poem Source First Line: One day momma piggy went shopping and came home Last Line: Okay,' said momma piggy. 'you can have spots, too.' Subject(s): Family Life; Pigs THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAD ROAST BEEF, by LUDWIG DETSINYI Poem Source First Line: Little piggies, come and eat,' called momma piggy Last Line: That's not slops. That's %roast beef!' Subject(s): Family Life; Pigs THIS LITTLE PIGGY STAYED HOME, by LUDWIG DETSINYI Poem Source First Line: Splash! %little piggy spilled his juice Last Line: I'm going to school.' Subject(s): Family Life; Pigs THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET, by LUDWIG DETSINYI Poem Source First Line: Little piggy, will you go to market? We need eggs and milk Last Line: And here's a great big bug for my silly piggy wiggy.' Subject(s): Family Life; Pigs THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I had a different life to live Last Line: To get away from the smell. Subject(s): Farm Life; Pigs; Agriculture; Farmers; Boars; Hogs TRANSPLANTING, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother carried the chest x-ray Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters; Sneezing; Food & Eating; X-rays; Pigs; Boars; Hogs TRUFFLE PIGS, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: None of these men, who all run truffle pigs Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Pigs; Truffles; Boars; Hogs VERSES ON THE SPRINGS AT BATH, by ? GROVES Poem Source First Line: When bladud once espied some hogs Last Line: The hogs thus banished by their prince, %have liv'd in bristol ever since Subject(s): Bath, England; Mythology; Pigs; Springs (water) VILLAGES, by CORRADO GOVONI Poem Source First Line: From the white campanile a cannonade Last Line: Amid the ranks of burgeoning wheat, take hope Subject(s): Animal Rights; Italian Renaissance; Pigs; Roosters WE HAD SEEN A PIG, by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One man held the huge pig down Last Line: When we looked. Subject(s): Business; Butchers; Murder; Pigs; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Boars; Hogs WINTER MEMORY, by GYULA ILLYES Poem Source First Line: We ate you up, little pig Last Line: Under the smoke-laden, ash-filled sky Subject(s): Animal Rights; Animals; Farm Life; Pigs |
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