BSL poem "Surprise Apple" by Richard Carter

Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Surprise" tells of the life cycle of a caterpillar that lives in an apple. It was performed at the Arnolfini Arts Centre in Bristol in 2009. For more of Richard Carter’s BSL poetry, go to www.bslpoetry.co.uk and   / bslpoetry   The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: https://signinghandsacrossthewater.fi...