Performances

Samantha has 20 years of experience reciting poetry (hers and others’) in a vast array of environments and contexts. From the subway trains of New York City to universities, festivals, and libraries around the world, Samantha’s poetry has touched the ears and hearts of people from diverse backgrounds. With an engaging style that is equal parts organic and visceral, heightened and down to earth, she weaves poems with meaningful anecdotes and wise banter that enlighten and entertain. Her performances span from 15 minutes to one hour, in which she weaves her original works with scintillating recitations of other poets such as Lucille Clifton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jack Gilbert and Derek Walcott.

Testimonial

Samantha Thornhill brought Caribbean sunshine to her performance workshop at the James Madison University’s Furious Flower Poetry Center as she had our students use the essence of colors to stretch the boundaries of their poetic language. Her own performance was not only model, but magic.”

– Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin, former executive director