A Delightful Video

Many thanks to British film critic and poet Richard Jack Smith for his lovely video celebrating my new book, CINEMA STANZAS TWO: Poet Laureate of the Movies.  What fun to see the opening clips of The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain and Les Misérables, three of my favorite musical films!

Next, watching a few lines of my rhymes artistically superimposed over short scenes from four of the movies reviewed in my book (At Eternity’s Gate, La La Land, The Shape of Water, Yesterday) absolutely delighted me.

And I love the graphic images Richard (who also wrote the book’s elegant Foreword) included. They were selected from those that publisher Denise Fitzgerald Cassino created as PR for this ebook.

Last but not least, the background music -- “All I Got” by Ray Smith and Alan Mark -- adds a rhythmic pace to this fun 2-minute video, which is now on YouTube.  Just click on the link below to watch and enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWA36jxhwD0

      

To order CINEMA STANZAS TWO: Poet  Laureate of the Movies, click on this link:  https://amzn.to/33Ojw8L     

Ode to Judy Garland

I’ve been an avid Judy Garland fan for most of my life. So because a film about Judy has now been released, I’m trying to keep an open mind about it. But I also felt motivated to write the short poem below.

Judy, Judy! We still love you.

Your talent always seems brand new.

Now comes a movie about your life

concerning your last year of strife.

No matter what the critics say,

your shining star will ever stay.

Singing, dancing and acting too

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no one performs them all like you!

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