Where is Joey?
Where is Ella?
Where have you been?
Please do tella.Where’s Carl Schroder?
Where is Amy?
Life without you
Ain’t the samey.How bout Teri,
and Barb Digi?
Where is Aidan?
This ain’t pretty.Out of the blue
One windy day
that wordy Rider
Went on his way.And that tall guy
Wearin’ Blue Jeans
They’re all absent
What does this mean?Deep thinking Oscar
Deep feeling Katz
Your vlogs made my heart
Go pitter-patzIf you come back
I am certain
We will heal from
All this hurtinWhere the gang
At i711
Reading your posts
Was so much funSince you’ve all
Gone away
We’ve been needin
A sunny dayYou remember
The Deaf Ninja?
The best v-log
We had seen-ja!Where is Adrian,
And Deaf Roger?
And old Judge
That artful dodgerYoung Jehanne,
The Berdy brothers
They were favorites
Among the othersAnd Der Sankt,
Does he still speak?
Haven’t seen in
In many-a-week.And McConnell
He had a farm
But mouthing words
Were far from harmWhere’s Paotie
And his Pinkies
I miss his lingo
And his stinkiesI’m just kidding.
I’m just saying
You were very
Entertaining.Where is Lois,
And Lantana?
These dear seniors
Grew upon ya.Dear Seek Geo
AJR,
Dear young Owens,
And Prince TarMiska Zena,
Berke Outspoken
I’m am glad that
You’re not brokenKeep v/bloggin
Lead the way
And I’m sure
We will all stayThe Insane
World Of Misha
And Jack’s Eyes
They surely getcha.Sweet Jean Boutcher
Her words aren’t bony
And Dianrez
She’s not phonyIt’s your comments
That keep us going
Hope those blog posts
Will keep on showingAnne Marie
And Deb Ann
And Butterfly
I’m such a fanASL is Risen
ASL is bomb
ASL Rocks
Like ASL MomThe Deaf Edge
And Toby Welch
Your deep thoughts,
Please do not squelch.DeafWomynPride
Deaf Animal Row
We all love you
Please don’t goNathan Kester,
Deaf DC
Know your words mean
So much to meDBC and
Bilingual
For Deaf Children
Let us mingleJen and Abbie
And Ann C
You are needed
Can’t you seeCollege Noah
And North True
You both have
Still much to doCome back SignCasts
And Deaf Sherlock
Pany Lighthouse
Your blogs unlockOh Terrylene
And Sweet Shel
What you say
You say so wellFlirty Arezoo
And sexy Jodi
Please don’t leave us
Or we’ll explode-yBlogvisualsignar
Auslan Resource
Please do join us
For global discourseThere were chatters
From Live Yahoo
Don’t you know
how much I miss you?Come back Banjo
Come back Tassie
And crazy Laka
Who talks so sassyAh sweet Dena
And Suzie Q
We all lean-a
On both of youAnd dear Cheryl,
And Ms. Patty Keen,
and sweet Shrimpy
You must be seenCal Sun Eagle
JeffModified
Colleen and Leslie
Please don’t hideWhere is POZ,
And old Vampbat?
And sweet Opty,
Where are you at?Sweet Roberto,
IntensorPoet,
I do need you
Don’t you know it?Oh I miss that
Sweet Deaf biker
Who could forget
Wise Jay KreigerHey Deaf Dixie,
Here I Am,
Make those vlogs
We know you canDear Nick Horn
And Alex Trude
Please, your v/blogs
Do not exclude
D Housewife’s Tales
And Reverend Jill
The Ear of My Heart
Feels you stillAnd the Signs
Of the Times
We so need
Your Seussian rhymesAh sweet Mel
I miss your hair
And Fairlady
I miss your flairDear Pure Deaf
And Sweet Chilly
For you to leave us
It would be silly.Coda Brothers
Coda Diva
You’re amazing
We so need ya!Our vlog world
Without Coco
Would make us
All go locoDear Love, Daddy
And Mountain Mama
I love your blogs
Like I love Obama!Mr. Sandman
You’re such a writer
I miss reading you
Day and night-erTayler Meyer
And NavyBeagle
For you to leave us
Would be illegalTodos la vie
And Say What
Without your words
We’re in a rutOh Deaf Chipmunk
And Deaf Fort
And Deaf Kitchen
Please report!Hate to say it, but
Gary Brooks
Truth be told
We need your looks!Ed and Jared
And Grant Laird
All your tech stuff
Should be shared.Deaf Freckles
And Deaf Flower
Where are you
At this hour?Pah Mine,
and 258
and Ms. Ridloff
You’re all great!Dr. Don G
And People of the Eye
We need your wisdom.
This is no lie.Drolz Uncensored
Fookem and Bug
If you come back,
I’ll give you a hug.ABC
I love your smile
And Oh-I-See
I love your styleOh please come back
DeafRead needs you
We’ve got comments
We will feed youWhere is Cobra
And ASL Pride
It’s been a very
Lonely RideASL Music
Give us lessons
ASC
We need more sessionsOh the blog world
A Deaf Mom Shares
From those stories
We know she caresOh those stories
And those faces
Discovering Deaf Worlds
Takes us placesCome on bloggers
Let’s get crackin
There’s discourse
We’ve been lackinGnarlydorkett
And Jon Savage
How without you
Will we manage?The Deaf Pagan
And Stephen Hardy
Please don’t leave us
We need a party!Where is Kiss-Fist
I am screaming
Where’s KyDeafie?
Am I dreaming?The blogoshpere
Has lots of room
I hope you’ll come back
Very soonAnd those snakes
Don’t let em win
Just ignore
Their slimy skinVlogging treasures
All around
Out there waiting
To be foundHere’s a deal:
I’ll bat my eyes.
If it helps,
I’ll flash my thighs!Fellow vloggers
How I miss you
If you come back
I will kiss you!
Footnote: If I missed your v/blog please do not fret. You matter. Know that.
I played. I had fun. It’s midnight. I’m zoinked.
Hugs.
~ L
Your poem touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes.
Shel
Left by Shel on February 28th, 2009
Thanks for the smile of the weekend! I agree, DeafRead seems a bit sleepy lately. Hope more bloggers get in on the action!
Left by Dianrez on February 28th, 2009
Very unique! Yeah, where’s the old gang that I used to love and know? Hey, what about you? I get a brief glimpse of you every now and then.
Lois
Left by Lois on February 28th, 2009
Now I feel guilty for not posting new entires
I’m busy working setting up websites for everyone left and right. Maybe I should post about that??
MWAHS, LaRonda…Thank you for this gentle reminder.
-Ben
Left by Ben Vess on February 28th, 2009
WOW!!!!! True, quality of posts sure has not been the same without those folks. Love your poem! YAY!!!!
Left by Kathy on February 28th, 2009
That was one long sweet droll poem!
Takes all kinds to make the world go ’round, folks.
I just became a blogger myself, so let the dialogue begin!
Ann_C
Left by Ann_C on February 28th, 2009
Since the v/bloggers have disappeared the Deafread, they have joined Casper’s bandwagon. I’m still here and just told Casper to read yours.
Nice to see love and hate b/vloggers to be around……
Paotie? He’s a very, very naughty and bad boy but he’s busy working on his dissertation. About doing what? His famous pink snowboarding!
Left by White Ghost on February 28th, 2009
Wow what a poem you have created. Thanks for inspiring us and for being postive…
I am planning to make a vlog but only time will tell. Hope very soon…
Deafchip
Left by Deafchipmunk on February 28th, 2009
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Left by Deafwomynpride on February 28th, 2009
Lotta work for this one! Good job. So this is how a giraffe kiss. I’m thinking it will slip in a frenchie, LOL.
Left by drmzz on February 28th, 2009
That is nice of you making a peom to inspirate anyone! WINK!
Left by LChaim2007 on February 28th, 2009
LaRonda…
WOW! That was awesome. Beautifully written, very creative, and made me feel incredibly nostalgic. I miss everyone too. As for my blog, right now I’m collaborating on a book with two friends. The demands of my job and fatherhood means something has to give, and for now that mean Drolz Uncensored is Drolz On Hold.
Thanks again for the inspiration. Can’t wait to dive back into the blogosphere again someday!
Best regards,
Drolz
Left by Drolz on February 28th, 2009
Awww! A real sweet poem about all of us v/bloggers! Hugs..
Left by deafreckles on February 28th, 2009
I loved this as there were many Vlogs/blogs I didn’t know about so I really appreciated the poem for sharing this links. Again thank you LaRonda!
I just wished that many like you had the email subscription link since I prefer to be emailed when one adds a topic. I haven’t learned that ‘feed’ button nor do I have the time to check every single one. I don’t visit the Deaf Read site nor Blog site that many are members to.
Left by Hershey on February 28th, 2009
WOW very touchy poem… yes i miss those old wonderful vloggers who were once out here in deafread and dvtv… thanks for doing poem, it soo beautiful…
Left by Rita on February 28th, 2009
Laronda,
Good One!
I enjoyed it very much.
It’s a shame freedom has been twisted so bad that money and occupation have to take away people’s right to think and express freely.
SHHHH.
Shut up dude or it’s your job.
It’s a shame we’ve made tp out of our first amendment right because we have our necks in a noose called money.
????
Again, Laronda, Enjoyed it mucho.
Jeff.
Left by Jeffrey on February 28th, 2009
This poem blew my mind and heart - made me go pitter-patz.
If the poem was printed on paper, it won’t be the same without the links.
An unique new literary piece of work reflecting our changing and better lives as deaf people.
Imagine all DeafRead almost 25 thousand posts with mini first few sentences cutoffs all printed on paper and bound it. The product will be a remarkable document of a segment of the deaf community. And your poem forever will be enshrined in the book, probably one of the highest.
I hope Taylor and Jared printed the lists and bound it before they can be erased away. Imagine a book of DeafRead posts (both the list and/OR the actual content inside all the blogsites). If need volunteering in editing and picking the gems, I can help throw few pennies into it. Few bloggers like you, LaRonda, can throw in their pennies too. Print in tiny but readable format comes up with how many pages? And a web-version list where printed words and actual signs are selected. DeafRead could have a page/category in the DeafRead website. “Gems of DeafRead”. Maybe everyone mentioned here can pick one (or two) and send to you LaRonda? Something on our hands to ponder of. This could lead to a lasting tribute to DeafRead because of how it molded the world deaf community and became a part of our current deaf lives.
With the book/website, our deaf words (and later signs) no longer gone with the cruel wind of time.
LaRonda, I close with a challenge. Can you sign the poem? I can imagine myself trying to do that, probably with different results. Will the poem be ever signed out? Someday . . . One tantalizing possibility - Would we be able to add links associated the names signed on the videoscreen so viewers can click on them and be transported to the actual blogsites. The technology has not yet arrived. Someday someday . . .
Thank you LaRonda for this poem causing me to make those comments - wow
- my hands ear-on-heart -
Left by cnkatz on March 1st, 2009
Ok, this just woke me up
This is a beautiful poem and you really hit it that I need to get back into blogging.
Left by Abbie on March 1st, 2009
Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but one reason is patently obvious. DeafRead has become toxic to many of us. I, and almost everyone I know, don’t check it anymore. I only learned of this entry after the only person I know who reads DeafRead told me about it. We need a new safe harbor.
That said, your poem was moving.
Left by observer on March 2nd, 2009
Love this, LaRonda. Thank you.
Left by Carrie Gellibrand on March 2nd, 2009
Your poem inspired me! My heart’s warmer! It’s so beautiful, thank you, LaRonda for thinking about each of us! Yes, I felt the same and missed them. Hope they’ll come back, we need them
Left by deb ann on March 4th, 2009
howdy!
someone referred me to this. Great job. Great gentle poke. Observer said it right. The audist toxicity went out of control and it has its consequences. But I am not “nowhere”, smile. Been “everywhere” except I guess my own vlogsite. haha.
However, from what I have seen and experienced during my “vlog silence” is this:
The movement is still very much alive! And it’s gone beyond DeafRead. Yipee yipee yahoooooooo!!!!
Thanks for this poem…poems are great ways to focus on issue using carefully selected words/signs to make the point. You did super here!
hugs. Ella
Left by Ella on March 12th, 2009
Thank you all for your comments. I appreciate that you understood the light-hearted nature of this post while also sharing your thoughts and perceptions about what has evolved since our beginning on DeafRead.
I’m still here. I die-hard v/blogger. You can always find me.
~ LaRonda
Left by LaRonda on March 13th, 2009