signmetaphor | BSL Poetry "Party" by Johanna Mesch @signmetaphor | Uploaded June 2011 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Johanna Mesch's signed poem (in British Sign Language) tells a story of love, heartbreak, and hope, and was performed at the 2010 Bristol Sign Poetry Festival.
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/johannameschparty.pdf
Johanna Mesch's signed poem (in British Sign Language) tells a story of love, heartbreak, and hope, and was performed at the 2010 Bristol Sign Poetry Festival.
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/johannameschparty.pdf
