signmetaphor | BSL poem "Snow Globe" by Richard Carter @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Snow Globe" tells a story of a little girl who falls into the world of her snow globe and sees a deaf Father Christmas and his signing reindeer. It includes good examples of anthropomorphisation. It was performed at the BSL poetry Festival in 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/richardcartersnowglobe.pdf
Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Snow Globe" tells a story of a little girl who falls into the world of her snow globe and sees a deaf Father Christmas and his signing reindeer. It includes good examples of anthropomorphisation. It was performed at the BSL poetry Festival in 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/richardcartersnowglobe.pdf
