Margaret Ellis Hill

Margaret Ellis Hill (Peggy), a relative newcomer to the poetic scene, is a native California girl. She attended Marymount College (now part of Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA), and lives in a rural area of Northern California. Peggy has time and space to devote to her passion--writing poetry. Her work has been featured in PoeticVoices. She was given an honorable mention in the EWG Mandy Contest Nov 2000, and was a 3rd place winner in the Warm and Fuzzy Contest thru the Other Side of Creativity Feb 2001. This is Peggy's first poetry tour. 


What Jazz Does To Me
by Margaret Ellis Hill


I need to be
tasted in the reds and blues
of a dobro’s sexy sound,
a sax’s waved wail, pushed
with hot lips ease into longing.
A drummer’s steady pulse
excites my body to rock.
Jazzy flit in fiddles waver
between melancholy and fingered fantasy,
brass slides down the curves of me
to tempt with smiled capture,
glitter of tambourines allure
sparkles like champagne highs.

I run a hand down silky textured rhythms,
thoughts kept in close time,
stroked and fed with jazz songs
for this hungry cat.

@Margaret Ellis Hill 11 Jan 2001




A Slamming Door
by Margaret Ellis Hill

It all started with a slamming door,
a slap to the heart of a young bride.

I should have left but I didn’t,
should have questioned but I couldn’t.

You never told me how special I was;
that it was wonderful I would
carry your son.
I figured you were angry at my ignorance,
the inconvenience of my fault.

so I climbed into duty, tip toed
around your overstuffed chair
for safety’s sake.

@Margaret Ellis Hill 25 Nov 2000





email Peggy at Pegleghill@aol.com


 

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