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[petite_star]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had poetry on, how to put this.. sound? Deafness?

My partner is deaf and in all the years we've been together I've never thought of it in the form of poetry until tonight.

Thank you for any help.

and for your trouble:

"You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated

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[iatrogenicmyth]

I did a search for "hearing" at poets.org: http://www.poets.org/search.php/fs/1/prmAuthor/+/prmMediaTitle/+/prmKeyword/hearing/prmFormID/0/prmMovementID/0/prmThemeID/0... )

[tree]

you could also look into deaf poetry, which is poetry through sign that makes use of the way words are formed in sign as well as their meaning.

[belowyourneck]

"making you noise" - francesca bell

The day before you are deaf
completely, I will make you
noise. I will bring birds,
bracelets, chimes to hang
in the wind. We will drive
from Idaho to Washington again,
and I will read to keep you
awake, and I will tap
little poems on the backs
of your arms, your neck
to be sure you hear me.
I will play spoons on your body
in restaurants, smack
my lips, heave you
sighs, each one deeper
than the rest. We will finally
shout. And then, as quiet
slips in, settling over,
I will speak. I will keep speaking.
I will sing you nonsense songs
until you go to sleep.