'A Portable Paradise' by Roger Robinson in BSL
Автор: National Poetry Day
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A British Sign Language (BSL) Interpretation of Roger Robinson’s poem, ‘A Portable Paradise’, by Rinkoo Barpaga.
A Portable Paradise
And if I speak of Paradise,
then I'm speaking of my grandmother
who told me to carry it always
on my person, concealed, so
no one else would know but me.
That way they can't steal it, she'd say.
And if life puts you under pressure,
trace its ridges in your pocket,
smell its piney scent on your handkerchief,
hum its anthem under your breath.
And if your stresses are sustained and daily,
get yourself to an empty room - be it hotel,
hostel or hovel - find a lamp
and empty your paradise onto a desk:
your white sands, green hills and fresh fish.
Shine the lamp on it like the fresh hope
of morning, and keep staring at it till you sleep.
For a full transcript of the poem, visit the National Poetry Day website, https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/....
The poem is from Roger’s collection, A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press, 2019) and is available here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8431/978184...
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