"Jim Metcalf was an common man. He saw things differently than most people.... He was infatuated with words. He loved the language. He used it well". Phil Johson, WWL-TV, New Orleans
Jim Metcalf painted with words. His character sketches, social portraits of the human condition, and commentaries on everyday sights, sounds, and emotions reflect a keen sensitivity. In this collection of poems and essays, his imaginative eye transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.
In 1975, Metcalf was awarded the Peabody Award, the broadcasting industry's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.

Jim Metcalf's Journal

Literature & Fiction

Metcalf, Jim

Poetry

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In some quiet place

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Like Robert Frost before him, Jim Metcalf was a poet whose commentaries on everyday objects and encounters offer a keen insight into man and nature. Compiled by his wife Mary Ann after his death, these poems appear exactly as they were written for television and are intended to share with the reader a rich legacy of love, hope, and understanding. In words that seemed created to go together He fashioned music fit for angel voices. At times fragile . . . delicate as gossamer . . And then in changing mood to fit a sudden passion, They would explode like midnight thunder Echoing through craggy canyons In some desolate and silent land . . . From "The Poet"

Follow Another Star (Poems)

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"Jim Metcalf was an uncommon man. He saw things differently than most people. . . . He was infatuated with words. He loved the language. He used it well." --Phil Johnson, assistant general manager, WWL-TV, New Orleans
For the first time, Pelican combines Follow Another Star, Please to Begin, In Some Quiet Place, and Jim Metcalf's Journal, four rare, out-of-print collections of the author's poetry, in an exemplary anthology that serves as a brilliant reminder of the poet and his work.
Jim Metcalf, like Robert Frost before him, was a poet whose commentaries on everyday objects and events offer a keen insight into man, nature, and ourselves. During his life, Metcalf was the fourth best-selling poet in the United States, with 52,000 copies of his books sold in only three years.
Now, a new generation of readers can discover the understated eloquence of Metcalf's poetry in this handsome, affordable edition.

Jim Metcalf: Collected Poems

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