Margaret Christie
Margaret Christie is one of the poets we chose to feature for National Poetry Day 2008.
Gillian Beaton.
Margaret Christie grew up in the south of England but has spent most of her adult life in Edinburgh. Her poems have been published in various magazines and anthologies.
These poems are from Margaret Christie's first collection, 'The oboist's bedside book', published by HappenStance. Margaret has played in various orchestras. In these poems she is trying to convey the experience of playing music.
Suspended animation
I can neither take in
Nor release air
Through the needle's eye
I play
The temples beat
The magic ancient sound comes out
I sit still
Composed
Not revealing my joy
We conspire to hide
The love affair
Playing the right notes
Starting a relationship
Is hard like Mozart —
Every note exposed.