EvCC hosted a poetry reading Thursday, April 11, with Lauren
Zuniga to celebrate women empowerment and National Poetry month.
The session was over an hour long and Zuniga covered a long list
of subjects with her poems, including general topics such as love, societal
standards, and growing up. She also covered ongoing political issues like
abortion and gay marriage.
Ultimately, hers are the types of poems that make everyone think,
but also call to action. She delivered them with just the right amount of humor
and seriousness, and engaged with the audience like they were old friends
catching up over coffee.
Her performance was filled with animated hand gestures, feet
stomping, and spontaneous singing.
Zuniga is an internationally touring poet and author of two
published poetry collections, called The Nickel Tour and The Smell of Good Mud.
On her website, she describes herself as a performance poet,
creating poetry that is theatrical and performance based in delivery. She is a
three time national slam poet and was ranked in the top five female poets in
the world.
In order to spread the joy of writing, she is also the founder of
Oklahoma Young Writers, which is a non-profit organization that provides literary
support and opportunities to Oklahoma’s youth, according to the website.
Zuniga
was the first of two poets to visit EvCC. Next will be T. Miller on April 16,
at noon in the Jackson Center.
Story by Cassandra Ratterree
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