signmetaphor | BSL poem "Home" by Richard Carter @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Home" tells of a deaf poet's dream where he meets important deaf people in his life, including Dorothy Miles, his "grandmother of poetry". It is a poem with good examples of Deaf culture and deaf history. It was performed at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol in 2010.
For more of Richard Carter’s BSL poetry, go to bslpoetry.co.uk and facebook.com/bslpoetry
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. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/richardcarterhome.pdf
Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Home" tells of a deaf poet's dream where he meets important deaf people in his life, including Dorothy Miles, his "grandmother of poetry". It is a poem with good examples of Deaf culture and deaf history. It was performed at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol in 2010.
For more of Richard Carter’s BSL poetry, go to bslpoetry.co.uk and facebook.com/bslpoetry
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. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/richardcarterhome.pdf