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Some poets you may want to research are listed below. You can use the Gallaudet Deaf Biography database to find more information about some of these poets. Click on "search by keyword" and type in last name, first name.
American Sign Language Poets
Colin Analco
Bernard Bragg
Aneta Brodski
Peter Cook/Kenny Lerner
Eric Epstein
Patrick Graybill
Ella Mae Lentz
Eric Malzkuhn
Dorothy Miles
Robert Panara
Jeremy Quiroga
Rezenet Moges-Riedel
Debbie Rennie
Douglas Ridloff
Ian Sanborn
Rosa Lee Timm
Eddie Swayze
Clayton Valli
UK Sign Language Poets
Richard Carter
Dorothy Miles
Gary Quinn
Paul Scott
Donna Williams
John Wilson
Australia Sign Language Poet
Walter Kadiki
Brazilian Sign Language Poet
Fernanda de Araugo Machado.
Dutch Sign Language Poets
Wim Emmerik
Giselle Meyer
Italian Sign Language Poets
Rosaria Giuranna and Giuseppe Giuranna
Swiss Sign Language Poet
Rolf Lanicca
Poets of color are listed here. Some write English poetry, some sign poetry, and some create in both languages. If other poets of color should be listed, please get in touch. Thank you to Fred Beam and Jill Bradbury for sharing this information.
Elyane King
Irvine Stewart
Kristi Merriweather
Rosa Lee Timm (apparently has published some poetry)
Ayisha Knight-Shaw
Earl Terry
Fred Beam
Teraca Florence
Sho Roc (Keith Brown – songwriter)
Deaf Mythology-Charles Katz
Eric Epstein--Artistic Signing Reference Guide
Metaphor in Creative Sign Language Project
"Interpreter" YouTube video
"Fragile Earth" You Tube video
"Hades Ocean" You Tube video
"Song of the Journey" with Dangerous Signs (Facebook)
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