Listening through the bone : collected poems

Summary: I don't write "with the ear" as most poets do, but with the eye. As Deaf people are apt to do, we become attuned to our world through tactile means, listening through the bone for vibrations, sensing shifts in air currents, recognizing wafting odors, observing fluctuations and reflections of light and movements in the water. In Listening through the Bone, Willy Conley bears witness to life's moments and renders them into poems that are at once irreverent and tender. His poetry examines life cycles, the natural world, and his experiences as a Deaf individual. It is presented in five parts: Inaudibles Existentials Quizzicals Irrevocables Environmentals  Conley's thoughts on the banal and the bizarre include translations of poetry from American Sign Language to English. His identity as a Deaf poet lends a strong visual aspect to his work. This collection is accompanied by the author's photographs, including "watergraphs" that reveal inverted images reflected in pools of water.

Record details

ISBN: 9781944838423
ISBN: 1944838422
ISBN: 9781944838416
ISBN: 1944838414
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xv, 129 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover; Title; Contents; List of Photographs; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Inaudibles; A Deaf Baptism; The Honeybee Epiphany; Salt in the Basement; Claustrophobic Audism of a Tenderfoot; The Turtle Bowl; The Cycle of the X-Ray Technician; Deaf People Don't Do Voice-overs (Hearing Envy); Room Disservice; The Air Conditioner; The Deaf Simpleton; Debunking "Deaf Mute"; Will; ASL, Eyesdropping; The Miller of Moments; Deaf Director to a Deaf Actor; The Ivoryton Inn; The Universal Drum; Adam; Sunrise in Santa Fe with Clay

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2019).