BSL is British Sign Language, so BSL poetry... you get the idea. I've always enjoyed reading poems, but the first time I saw BSL poetry on stage was when Richard Carter performed in a BSL variety evening at the University of Central Lancashire when I was a student.

2017年10月2日 · Long Lost Lover by Bea Webster, a BSL poem – this poem explores identity in more than one form, and uses projected photographs to enhance and give a new layer to visual and signed poetry.

BSL Zone (run by the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT), which commissions TV programmes in BSL), made some special programmes for the 25 th anniversary of Dot’s death. This included filming five of her poems, performed by …

Our project made an on-line collection of over 100 sign language poems (www.bristol.ac.uk/bslpoetryanthology) performed by established and new British Sign Language (BSL) poets. We added a translation and commentary for most of the poems. We collected performances from four deaf poets of different ages, language and education backgrounds.

Poem in BSL and English by Alison Smith Performed by Alison Smith A film by Sandra Alland and Ania Urbanowska. British Sign Language interpreting and translation consultation by Lisa Li. ACCESS: Captioned. Transcript below. A version with sound is available here

2023年5月2日 · Compared to written poetry in English, BSL poetry is hugely underdone. The poetry movement in the deaf community has made very few changes to its style in the last 30 years too. In comparison, I’m currently enjoying a poetry book by Donna Ashworth who mostly writes from a modern woman’s perspective and her works are currently going viral ...

As a bilingual poet who has access to languages that are in different modes; one visual, one spoken, I’ve found that there are many different ways to translate a poem from one form to another and while it may be difficult, BSL poetry is beautiful and finding a way to express that beauty in another language, to people who may not understand ...

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My name is Donna Williams and I am a poet working with British Sign Language and English. I've performed BSL poetry around the UK and internationally, in the USA and Brazil and some of my English poems have been published.

2021年5月13日 · BSL poetry, is a perfect example of how deaf Culture provides an alternative view. In hearing culture, similar sounding words are used in poetry to create rhymes, however in deaf culture, signs that look similar are used, to create a rhyme like effect.