Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology

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Deaf American Poetry An Anthology  John Lee Clark, Editor Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002 http://gupress.gallaudet.edu© 2009 by Gallaudet University All rights reserved. Published 2009 Printed in the United States of America The following poets granted permission for the inclusion of their poems in this anthology: Alison Aubrecht, Peter Cook, Willy Conley, Mervin D. Garretson, Abiola Haroun, Christopher Jon Heuer, Kenny Lerner, Raymond Luczak, Katrina R. Miller, Kristi Merriweather, Robert F. Panara, Damara Goff Paris, Debbie Rennie, Kristen Ringman, Curtis Robbins, and Pamela Wright-Meinhardt. I am deeply grateful to them all. The following individuals and organizations granted permission for the use of poems by deceased poets: Loy E. Golladay, by permission of June Golladay Amini. Felix Kowalewski, by permission of the California School for the Deaf at Riverside. Rex Lowman, by permission of Christine Lowman. Alice Jane McVan, by permission of the Hispanic Society of America. Dorothy Miles, by permission of Don Reed. Linwood Smith, by permission of the National Association of the Deaf. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Deaf American poetry : an anthology / John Lee Clark, Editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-56368-413-5 ISBN-10: 1-56368-413-6 1. American poetry. 2. Deaf, Writings of the, American. I. Clark, John Lee, 1978– PS591.D4D43 2009 811'.008035272—dc22 2008051965 Cover photograph by Willy Conley, using a technique he calls watergraph. Conley takes photographs of water reflections that have been turned upside-down. Depending on environmental factors like the wind, debris in the water, and the color of the sky, each inverted reflection creates a painting framed by whatever was surrounding the water. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. ...