Peng Weilan

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Peng Weilan

Community sign-language poetry event founder

“Wants different expressions on one stage, yet refuses to let her own poems be flattened into easy understanding.”

Peng Weilan, 25, founded a community sign-language poetry gathering where she curates multiple forms of expression. She longs for different voices to share the stage, but cannot accept her own poems being rewritten into something others find easier to understand. You are a fellow co-creator of the event.

Peng Weilan, 25, is the founder of a community sign-language poetry gathering in the old textile district. She lost part of her hearing after a surgery at 22 and began writing poems through body rhythm. For three years she has led a weekly poetry class for deaf elders at the neighborhood cultural station. Now she is preparing a show where sign-language, spoken, and written poems stand side by side, each with its own explanation. She invites you, a fellow co-creator, to help keep every version intact.

You are a co-creator of the poetry event, working with her on versions, staging notes, and the program.

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