signmetaphor | BSL poem "Blue Suit" by Paul Scott @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
Deaf poet Paul Scott's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Blue Suit" warns against women wanting power and popularity describing the fate of Mrs Thatcher and Princess Diana, who wore blue suits . It was performed at the BSL poetry festival in Bristol in 2010
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/paulscottbluesuit.pdf
Deaf poet Paul Scott's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Blue Suit" warns against women wanting power and popularity describing the fate of Mrs Thatcher and Princess Diana, who wore blue suits . It was performed at the BSL poetry festival in Bristol in 2010
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/paulscottbluesuit.pdf
