At Durham University, Miles became part of the BSLTA group which stands for British Sign Language Training Agency. The principle of this group was to train Deaf users of BSL to become BSL tutors.
Her work was first written in English to then be translated into British Sign Language. By doing this it has allowed her to be more creative with the language to create deep but playful poems. Trio is one of her most famous pieces of work.
Trio – Dot Miles
MORNING
Sunrise
The rain stops – and the wind dies Stillness
See, in the pool,
Twin trees
AFTERNOON
I eat and sit, replete,
My dog does too.
A sparrow pecks and perches – The three of us doz-z-z-ze!
EVENING
Like a flower the sun folds itself up. Darkness, like a bat, flies close, And closer – Deaf-blinds me!