signmetaphor | BSL poem "Acronym" by Paul Scott @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Deaf poet Paul Scott's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Acronym" consists of two short acronyms spelling "deaf" and "cat" which describing the concepts. It was performed at the Arnolfini Arts Centre in Bristol in 2009.

The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/paulscottacronym.pdf