signmetaphor | BSL poem "That Day" by Donna Williams @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Deaf poet Donna Williams's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "That Day" considers the ideal world for a deaf person to live in as hearing society makes adjustments for deaf people. It is a poem of deaf politics. It was performed at the Bristol Sign Poetry Festival in February 2010, 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. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/donnawilliamsthatday.pdf
Deaf poet Donna Williams's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "That Day" considers the ideal world for a deaf person to live in as hearing society makes adjustments for deaf people. It is a poem of deaf politics. It was performed at the Bristol Sign Poetry Festival in February 2010, 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. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/donnawilliamsthatday.pdf
