It may have taken a while for me to announce it, but another National Poetry Writing Month has come to an end! This year was a little more stressful than years past, since I didn’t have many reviews already done ahead of time, leading to repeated instances of posting right around midnight. I hope I can plan better next year and just focus on the poems each day and be already done with the film reviews, which are an extra self-assigned obligation for the blog.

Nevertheless, I appreciated the opportunity to once again stretch my writing muscles with the daily poem prompts from the NaPoWriMo website. It was also a welcome opportunity to work through the backlog of movies I’ve seen in the last few years and just haven’t had the time or inspiration to review. I enjoy finding a movie that complements the prompt, which often results in poems I never would have come up with on my own. As a recap, here is a list of the posts from NaPoWriMo 2023:

April 1 – Vesper (2022) – List-Runner-Up

April 2 – Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) – List Runner-Up (tied for most likes, at 11)

April 3 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) – Top 100-Worthy (tied for most likes, at 11, and my favorite film of the month)

April 4 – Old (2021) – Honorable Mention

April 5 – See How They Run (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 6 – The Mercy (2018) – Dishonorable Mention

April 7 – skipped

April 8 – Paint (2023) – List Runner-Up

April 9 – Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) – Honorable Mention (my favorite poem of the month)

April 10 – The Sea Beast (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 11 – Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021) – Dishonorable Mention

April 12 – Nightbooks (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 13 – Shadow in the Cloud (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 14 – Moonfall (2022) – Honorable Mention

April 15 – Elvis (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 16 – The Bad Guys (2022) – List Runner-Up (tied for most likes, at 11)

April 17 – skipped

April 18 – Matilda the Musical (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 19 – Beast (2022) – Honorable Mention

April 20 – Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) – List Runner-Up

April 21 – skipped

April 22 – RRR (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 23 – Drifting Home (2022) – List Runner-Up (my VC’s favorite poem of the month)

April 24 – Dear Evan Hansen (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 25 – Notting Hill (1999) – List Runner-Up

April 26 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) – List-Worthy

April 27 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) – List-Worthy

April 28 – Suzume (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 29 – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 30 – Disenchanted (2022) – List Runner-Up

A big thank you to everyone who read, liked, and commented throughout April! I haven’t been as interactive as I’d like with my fellow NaPoWriMo participants, but I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to visit my little corner of the blogosphere. I’ll still be keeping up with my usual schedule of poems and reviews (which will hopefully be a little more frequent) until next year brings that same creative rush of NaPoWriMo. Happy writing in the meantime!