Films of various genres are covered -- comedy, drama, fantasy, horror/action/sci-fi, musicals, mystery/thriller, and romance. Major motion pictures as well as small independent films receive Tucker’s rhyming treatment. Like the first award-winning book, this one is written to serve as a fun resource for fans of both movies and poetry. It won First Place in the E-book Poetry category at the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards.

Some of Tucker’s fans call her “Poet Laureate of the Movies,” and that’s why she added those words to the title. In fact, this book could be an audition for that honorary moniker.    

Poet/film critic Richard Jack Smith (who wrote the book’s Foreword) claims, “You are the Poet Laureate of the Movies, Betty Jo. A true inspiration.”

Artist/author/painter Judy Joy Jones writes, “If I get to vote for Poet Laureate of Movies, Betty Jo Tucker is in!”

Author Pamela Jaye Smith says, “Reading Betty Jo Tucker’s lively and sensitive poetic reviews is always a pleasure. They entertain and also give me something to think about.”

Tucker writes film commentary for the Colorado Senior Beacon and AuthorsDen. She is the award-winning author of Confessions of a Movie Addict, Susan Sarandon: A True Maverick, and Cinema Stanzas: Rhyming About Movies.  Using the pen names of Harry and Elizabeth Lawrence, Betty Jo and her husband Larry co-wrote It Had To Be Us, a romantic memoir that was adapted for the screen as a short film titled CAKE: A Love Story, which won First Place in the NSAEN Online Film Festival and is now available on YouTube. Tucker is also a member of the San Diego Film Critics Society and the Online Film Critics Society.

More information can be found at www.BettyJoTucker.com. Image by Denise Cassino.

CINEMA STANZAS TWO: Poet Laureate of the Movies is available in paperback (and Kindle E-book format) on Amazon.com at this link: https://amzn.to/3iBZiLd