Poet Laureate of the Movies Shares Her Winning Methods

One of my online friends is a combination of poet and movie buff. She uses her poetry to express her views on specific movies in her marketing and has published several books packed with these poems.Talk about making the most of poetry! But, look! She also believes in utilizing contests as a way to get attentions for her books, just as I do!  And now the second from this "Poet Laureate of the Movies'" Series is a Dragonfly Book Award winner! Naturally, Betty Jo Tucker shares with a poem and gives you the information you need to submit for a Dragonfly Award for your own book! 

Cinema Stanzas Two Wins Poetry Award

The judges have made their decision. Cinema Stanzas Two: Poet Laureate of the Movies by Betty Jo Tucker wins First Place in the E-Book Poetry category at the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest. This second offering in the Cinema Stanzas series presents over 70 movie reviews/film poems Tucker has written since the first book was published, plus several other movie related poems.  Films of various genres receive Tucker’s unique rhyming treatment. This entertaining book is written to serve as a fun resource for fans of both movies and poetry. Below is a film poem included in Cinema Stanzas Two.

It’s time to praise Willem Dafoe

for his work as Vincent Van Gogh.

Watching At Eternity’s Gate,

we see painting as Vincent’s fate.

Lush with color and shapes unique,

such artistry for one to seek!

His sunflowers and starry skies

now please most everybody’s eyes.

A film like this may move too slow.

And yet for me it seems to glow.

Scenes touch something down deep inside,

seeing how Vincent lived and died.

The Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest is a worldwide book competition that honors excellence in all types of literature, recognizing creativity and hard work for a comprehensive list of genres in sixty-eight categories. The judges are industry experts with specific knowledge about the categories over which they preside. Submissions for the 2020 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest are now being accepted. For more information, click on this link: https://www.dragonflybookawards.com/royal-dragonfly

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 Howard-Johnson is the multi award-wining author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the multi award-winning The Frugal Book Promoter (http://bit.ly/FrugalBookPromoIII), now offered by Modern History Press in its third edition.

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