Reprise: “How am I going to express my poetry?”

Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner of the Flying Words Project

Originally published on How to Grow a Poem in November 2023.

It’s intriguing—although not surprising—to discover that Allen Ginsberg left his mark on American Sign Language poetry, thanks in part to the Beat poet’s idiosyncratic imagery.

And, in doing so, he directly influenced The Flying Words Project, the innovative duo composed of Deaf poet Peter Cook …