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I am writing a paper on Deaf poetry in my ASL II class. I was wondering if anyone could help me from the Deaf community with some questions I have.

1. What are your views on poetry and what similarities or differences from written poetry are of importance to you?

2. Are you a poet?

3. Is this form of expression important to you and why?

4. Is there anything about the field that you would wish hearing people to understand?
5. Are there any specific poems that are important to you and why?
I know these questions seem a little awkward because I am writing in a hurry but any information that could help me gain a better understanding of the cultural importance is has would be awesome. I appreciate anyones time and opinion on the subject.

Sincerely,
Rose
 
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I was in an honors program and guess what my field of subject was? Poetry. :)
1). I dislike formal poetry such as limericks, cinquains, etc. A lot of times I feel the words are forced...it takes very skilled people to write those kinds of poems. I prefer blank verse and free verse. Blank verses are my favorite. ASL poetry in some ways are usually in free verse form - however I've seen rhyming (where classifers are similar, etc.) and other features of poetry that gives the poem a more structured feel. I feel that ASL is an oral (a very ironic term) literature, meaning it is to be passed down from generation to generation. "Oral" does not mean "use of speech/voice" in this term- it means that it is non-written ;).
2) I want to be one...I try.
3) Poetry is one form of literature that reaches a wide range of audience readers
4) That ASl IS indeed a language and needs to be respected as such
5) Do you mean an ASL poem or English-based poem?
 
It seem like not a lot of us are poets in the forum. I am not a poet myself but my sister and her daughter (my niece) are poets just for the enjoyment of writing them. Both of them are hearing. I think both must have poems published in the school paper for poetry years ago. Today I don't know if they still continue to write poetry. Like deafbajagal, it take skills to rhyme and trying to sort out the words that you want to express about. As for ASL poem, I have see some on stage with a deaf person telling a poetry or a ASL storytelling years ago. :dunno:
 
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