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ODE TO THE JUMMAH PRAYER SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER  



Your hands are the wings of the most 

intuitive & lovely of birds--high praise & blessings 


to your quick succinct gestures 

translating steadfastness & tomorrow,  

prayer & Palestine. You remind us 


there are those among us 

who often remain unseen--! Thank you 

for illustrating for us 


there are still as many ways to listen

as there are to speak. 




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Praisesong for the People

a project by Amanda Johnston 

2024 Texas State Poet Laureate 

This project is made possible with support from the Academy of American Poets, the Mellon Foundation, the Writers' League of Texas, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. 

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