What I Know . . .

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What I Know . . .

I know what I see / I know what I know

By April Scott

Poetry, Video | Disability Justice, Poetry Coalition, poetry
January 18, 2023

What I know is what I see
What I see is what I know
Feeling is what I see
Feel this is what I know . . .

I know what I see
I know what I feel this
I feel this is what I know

I feel is what I see
I know what to feel
I know what to see

See what I feel this
I know,
I know what I see
I know what I feel

I know what to see
I know what to feel this . . .
I know what I see
I know what I know

I know what I feel this
I know what to see
I know what I feel this

I know is what I know
I know what to see
I know what to feel this . . .
I know what to see
I know what I feel

I know what I feel
I know what I know
I know what I feel
Feel what I know
Feel what I see
I know what I know . . .

This piece is part of the “Listen to My Hands” portfolio, cosponsored by the Poetry Coalition for its 2022 theme “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice.”

April Scott (she/her) is from Gadsden, South Carolina, and is a brown-skinned Deaf American. April has deep roots in Gadsden on traditional and unceded land of the Congaree peoples. As a graduate of Gallaudet University, April answers a calling to be a mentor and role model for brown-skinned Deaf children now and in the generations to come. April centers where she comes from and protects her roots fiercely. The strength and wise ancestors that came before her are with her everyday. Life may shake her, lead her to scream, but nothing can destroy her spiritual connections. The spark still burns in her as she continues to advocate and be in community with her Deaf/HOH community.

Tags: Disability Justice, Poetry Coalition, poetry

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