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Lady Bracknell | 00:00 UK time, Friday, 21 October 2005

OK, there isn't really a society of deaf poets. I just couldn't resist the pun. But ASL-signed deaf performance poetry appears to be flourishing in the US, if is anything to go by. Some deaf poets perform without a translator. Peter Cook, who was interviewed for the article, uses a translator when he has a hearing audience because he believes "it's important to reach them and show what ASL poetry is all about".

You can watch a video of Peter performing his own poetry on website.

I've spent some time trying to find comprehensive information on BSL poetry but, as far as I can gather, that information isn't all collected together in one place anywhere. But we definitely do have some BSL poets in the UK. There's an article on page 3 of the Bristol University June 2005 which might help if you're searching for more information on this subject yourself.

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  • At 12:00 AM on 24 Oct 2005, jfsouthpaw wrote:


I'm going to the "Here are My Wings" event with Paddy Ladd, Rachel Sutton Spence and Paul Scott tonight. It is being held in Guildford. Ms Sutton-Spense's book, mentioned in the article you refer to, might be a good place to find a lot of information about BSL poetry in one place.

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