NEED

This poem, "NEED" created by Deaf poet Peter Cook and hearing poet, Kenny Lerner. This was created in their usual creative places: hotels on the road. This is is about a minute long. Please pass it around as the election is around the corner.

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• poetry
• ASL
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• election
• Obama
• oil
• iraq
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• Project
• art
• change
• war
• politics
• Deafness
• Peter
• Cook
• Kenny
• lerner
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• transformation
• sign
• deafpoet
• global
• warming

[vollmarreal]

make your bed! ha

[sp0877]

poem speaks volumes

[ki4gmb]

@CalLumpyK -- American Sign Language (especially when used in poetry) uses a lot of facial expressions... it's akin to using tone of voice when speaking whatever language you speak.

[CalLumpyK]

HAHAHA WTF wot a fucking nut job lol

[Itsymom]

AWSOME!!!!!! Peter Cook rocks! and Interpreter, fantastic job :)

[jrgdjg]

peter cook is awesome but however this whole change thing isn't working out!!!

[wonderwoman517]

I have chills. Fantastic delivery by each of you, and the message very powerful. Absolutely beautiful, thank you for this!

[DooAhhhxMayorTurkey]

Wow... without realizing it, I started tearing up... That was ridiculously amazing! Beautiful, I loved the entire performance. I have, indeed, subscribed. =]

[medusaliveson]

Not ASL my foot. Peter Cook is to ASL what Shakespere is to English.

[medusaliveson]

peter as always, nice job!!!!!! voice over interpreter, great job!!!!! i'm going to miss you peter, now that i've graduated!