signmetaphor | BSL poem "Bella's Penguins" by Donna Williams @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Deaf poet Donna Williams's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Bella’s Penguins" is an analogy that compares a deaf person’s communication in deaf and hearing worlds with a penguin’s ability to move on land and in water. It was performed in February 2011 at the Bristol centre for Deaf people.
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. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press
Deaf poet Donna Williams's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Bella’s Penguins" is an analogy that compares a deaf person’s communication in deaf and hearing worlds with a penguin’s ability to move on land and in water. It was performed in February 2011 at the Bristol centre for Deaf people.
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. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press
