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{SPEAKER name="Ella Mae Lentz/Shirley Schultz (interpreter)"}
Um, wet. This is a sign for wet. Wind, I think that's, those basics are enough.
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Now this poem, I wrote when I was 14, way back in 1968. And in one of my first poems, I wrote it in English first, and then I just recently translated it into American Sign Language. [[child's voice in background]]
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Hi. [[laughter]] No, that's okay.
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"As I look deeply in the early morning unto the lovely fuchsias
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Still wet with the night's dew, whirling with the wind
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They remind me of my lovely vision of budding ballerinas whirling with the music." [[clapping]]
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Later, when I grew up and went to Gallaudet College here in Washington, I became involved a great deal in translating poetry from famous poets. And I'd like to share two with you.

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The first one is "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. Do you know that poem? Yes? And the second one will be "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.
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Transcription Notes:
Speaker - Ella Mae Lentz was introduced on Page 4.