Midnight Star

Happiness is a Christmas-present poem by my favorite film poet. Thanks so much, Richard!

Midnight Star

by Richard Jack Smith

A critic shouldn't merely reflect

What's easy for others to detect.

Betty Jo Tucker realigns

As the filmmaker captures and designs.

Her poetry expands and enlightens

Just as a scene brightens.

Her legacy dazzles as the midnight star

It reaches out to us from afar.

Studying the path least taken,

her words boldly awaken

concepts at the core

of human experience we cannot ignore.

A calm and welcoming neighbour

Taking stock of cinematic labour.

The film altered by such perception

A hero without the deception.