EvCC wrapped up its poetry series with slam poet Natasha T. Miller on Tuesday, April 16.
She started it off introducing herself, and told us all in the audience to fill up the first row.
“It’s like you all don’t like each other or something,” she said, “Not sitting next to each other.”
She covered topics ranging from love, hate, politics, and homophobia. Throughout her performance, she was very personable and ended each poem with a small bow and a thank you. Before reading a poem, she would give it some background, which was generally a small story and sometimes a quick joke about her ex’s.
She read about four poems, and then showed everyone a trailer for a movie she is currently working on called Transparent, which is about the transgender community. Towards the end, she answered any questions the audience had about her work or beliefs on poetry or her personal life in general.
During the end when she answered questions, she gave advice to aspiring artists, and said that the one thing she would tell everyone or hope to convey through her poems is to hold on and believe in yourself. She also said to find out who you are to the message you are bringing through your art.
Miller has been a performing slam poet for six years, and has ranked in the top ten female slam poets three of the four years she attended the Women of the World Poetry Slam. She has also starred in a Sprite commercial, wrote two books, and is a film maker, according to her Twitter account.
You can also find her on Facebook and Tumblr.Story by Cassandra Ratterree
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