signmetaphor | BSL poem Siobhan O'Donovan Sixty-One Steps @signmetaphor | Uploaded August 2015 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Deaf poet Siobhan O'Donovan’s signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Sixty-one Steps" is a haiku poem that shows people passing along a flight of steps, as seen from the prespective of the steps. It was recorded as part of the first BSL haiku festival at Bristol Deaf Club in 2006.
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 Siobhan O'Donovan’s signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Sixty-one Steps" is a haiku poem that shows people passing along a flight of steps, as seen from the prespective of the steps. It was recorded as part of the first BSL haiku festival at Bristol Deaf Club in 2006.
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.
