Jennie Earngey Hill

Jennie Earngey Hill is a little-known American poet remembered primarily for her collection Poems. Public-domain library records identify her as an American author of poems, and her work remains available through projects that preserve older literature.

Her collection Poems was published in 1918 and includes verse on nature, companionship, solitude, and memory. Readers who come to her today will find a gentle, reflective style, with pieces such as "Song of the Bee," "Ode to a Brook," and "A Sleighing Song" pointing to her fondness for musical language and everyday scenes.

Very little biographical information seems to be widely documented online, so most modern readers encounter her through the poems themselves rather than through a detailed life story. Even so, the surviving work suggests a writer drawn to simple images, heartfelt emotion, and the small moments that give lyric poetry its staying power.