Deaf Poems

By Rosaire Appel

These poems are non-verbal, gestural, asemic -- and deaf. They can't hear me, neither can they hear you.
Yet they call themselves poems --- what is a poem?
Who decides?
When the hand knows what it's doing, is there a problem?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CR813N5K
• ISBN13: 9798872623441
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

One Stanza?

A Deaf poem by Rosaire Appel sounded promising. I expected layers, emotion, something to sit with and return to. Instead, the entire book felt like one long inhale that never turned into a full breath. Just a single stanza carrying the weight of the whole thing. For that price, I wanted more substance, more journey, more reason to linger. This one left me feeling like I bought the cover and not much else.