Lovely,
I am deaf born,
a fox twinned with the hearing,
a shadow colony settling noiselessly
among these stubborn Russian Germans,
thrift and hard work.
From
The Pear Orchard
Joanne
Weber obtained degrees in English, Library Science and Education
and did graduate work at Gallaudet University in Washington,
DC, where she became fluent in American Sign Language. She now
teaches in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Thom Collegiate.
Joanne and her husband live in Regina, Saskatchewan with their
two teenage daughters. The Pear Orchard is her first
collection of poetry. |
