found poems
i) Mom + Dad Hug
Have the couple half hug
with their arms crossing in the front.Tell Mom to slightly lean
her head into Dad.
ii) Family of 5 Standing
Have Mom and Dad stand together
and ask Dad to put his hands in his pockets.Tell Mom to turn toward Dad
and ‘hug’ his arm.Ask older, taller children to stand
beside Mom and Dadwith one shoulder tucked
behind whichever parent is beside them.Then bring in any younger children
and pose them in front.
iii) Mom + Dad Arm Hug
Have Dad stand first with his
hands in his pockets (thumbs out).Then place Mom beside him
and ask her to hug his arm.If they seem uncomfortable,
ask them to make silly facesat each other
to loosen them up.
iv) Family of 5 Sitting
Modified cheerleader pose for Mom.
Same pose for Dad, but with his knee upand his arm resting on that knee.
Bring in the older childrenon the outside of Mom and Dad.
Have them sit modified cheerleaderor criss-crossed. To show connection,
tell them to link armswith the parent beside them.
Bring in the youngest child last.If they are young enough,
have them sit on Mom or Dad’s laps.Try to use them to fill any empty spaces
between older family members.
v) Family of 4 Sitting
Place Mom and Dad first
in the standard Mom and Dad sitting pose.Then bring in the children.
Have the older child sit beside Dadin a modified cheerleader pose
and lean into him,resting his arm on his raised knee.
Place the younger child either in Mom’s lapor beside her in the same position
as his brother, but mirrored.
vi) Stop and Kiss
While walking away,
have Mom and Dad stopand kiss over the child
between them.
- 115: SPACE
with A Sometimes
114: NO THEME 13
with J Toledo & C Tse
113: INVISIBLE WALLS
with A Walker & D Disney
112: TREAT
with T Dearborn
111: BABY
with S Deo & L Ferney
110: POP!
with Z Frost & B Jessen
109: NO THEME 12
with C Maling & N Rhook
108: DEDICATION
with L Patterson & L Garcia-Dolnik
107: LIMINAL
with B Li
106: OPEN
with C Lowe & J Langdon
105: NO THEME 11
with E Grills & E Stewart
104: KIN
with E Shiosaki
103: AMBLE
with E Gomez and S Gory
102: GAME
with R Green and J Maxwell
101: NO THEME 10
with J Kinsella and J Leanne
100: BROWNFACE
with W S Dunn
99: SINGAPORE
with J Ip and A Pang
97 & 98: PROPAGANDA
with M Breeze and S Groth
96: NO THEME IX
with M Gill and J Thayil
95: EARTH
with M Takolander
94: BAYT
with Z Hashem Beck
93: PEACH
with L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong
92: NO THEME VIII
with C Gaskin
91: MONSTER
with N Curnow
90: AFRICAN DIASPORA
with S Umar
89: DOMESTIC
with N Harkin
88: TRANSQUEER
with S Barnes and Q Eades
87: DIFFICULT
with O Schwartz & H Isemonger
86: NO THEME VII
with L Gorton
85: PHILIPPINES
with Mookie L and S Lua
84: SUBURBIA
with L Brown and N O'Reilly
83: MATHEMATICS
with F Hile
82: LAND
with J Stuart and J Gibian
81: NEW CARIBBEAN
with V Lucien
80: NO THEME VI
with J Beveridge
57.1: EKPHRASTIC
with C Atherton and P Hetherington
57: CONFESSION
with K Glastonbury
56: EXPLODE
with D Disney
55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUS
with M Chakraborty and K MacCarter
55: FUTURE MACHINES
with Bella Li
54: NO THEME V
with F Wright and O Sakr
53.0: THE END
with P Brown
52.0: TOIL
with C Jenkins
51.1: UMAMI
with L Davies and Lifted Brow
51.0: TRANSTASMAN
with B Cassidy
50.0: NO THEME IV
with J Tranter
49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH
with M Hall and S Seita
49.0: OBSOLETE
with T Ryan
48.1: CANADA
with K MacCarter and S Rhodes
48.0: CONSTRAINT
with C Wakeling
47.0: COLLABORATION
with L Armand and H Lambert
46.1: MELBOURNE
with M Farrell
46.0: NO THEME III
with F Plunkett
45.0: SILENCE
with J Owen
44.0: GONDWANALAND
with D Motion
43.1: PUMPKIN
with K MacCarter
43.0: MASQUE
with A Vickery
42.0: NO THEME II
with G Ryan
41.1: RATBAGGERY
with D Hose
41.0: TRANSPACIFIC
with J Rowe and M Nardone
40.1: INDONESIA
with K MacCarter
40.0: INTERLOCUTOR
with L Hart
39.1: GIBBERBIRD
with S Gory
39.0: JACKPOT!
with S Wagan Watson
38.0: SYDNEY
with A Lorange
37.1: NEBRASKA
with S Whalen
37.0: NO THEME!
with A Wearne
36.0: ELECTRONICA
with J Jones