Well, this is a little overdue, isn’t it? Anytime I have a long-ish gap between posts, I feel the need to apologize to any readers who might be improbably waiting for my next poem/review, and the longer this gap extended, the more embarrassed I grew at my inability to end it. The truth is that I’ve had more time at home than ever this year, but due to worsening family health issues and work, I have been struggling to muster any creative output at all. Even work on my planned musical has stalled, though not completely. Hence, my absence from the blogosphere since the end of April.

Sorry it took so long, but I’m back. I would like to find a better cadence (or any cadence) to post more in the coming year, but I can’t guarantee what that will be yet. Still, I want to get back to writing again, and the first step is closing out this past year’s NaPoWriMo with the traditional recap below. Thank you to anyone reading and anyone who hasn’t forgotten me entirely!  

April 1 – The Colors Within (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 2 – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) – Honorable Mention

April 3 – The Paper Chase (1973) – Honorable Mention

April 4 – A Patch of Blue (1965) – List Runner-Up

April 5 – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) – Honorable Mention

April 6 – The Stratton Story (1949) – List Runner-Up

April 7 – Cocktail (1988) – Honorable Mention

April 8 – The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) – Honorable Mention

April 9 – 65 (2023) – Honorable Mention

April 10 – Freaks (1932) – List Runner-Up

April 11 – Camelot (1967) – Honorable Mention

April 12 – The Thief of Bagdad (1940) – List Runner-Up

April 13 – A Real Pain (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 14 – The Wild Robot (2024) – List-Worthy (my favorite film on the list)

April 15 – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 16 – Marty (1955) – List Runner-Up

April 17 – Look Back (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 18 – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) – List Runner-Up

April 19 – Bonnie and Clyde (1967) – List Runner-Up (my favorite poem of the month)

April 20 – The Gorge (2025) – List Runner-Up

April 21 – It’s What’s Inside (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 22 – skip

April 23 – Flow (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 24 – Here Today (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 25 – Trap (2024) – Honorable Mention

April 26 – Dead Man Walking (1995) – List-Worthy

April 27 – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) – List-Worthy

April 28 – Spellbound (2024) – Honorable Mention

April 29 – skip

April 30 – It Happened One Night (1934) – List Runner-Up

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas/Hanukkah!