Jim Metcalf
Collected Poems
Published on 31. December 1999
168 pages
978-1-4556-0673-3 (ISBN)
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This anthology collects four complete volumes of poetry from the beloved New Orleans poet, journalist, and anchorman.
Like Robert Frost before him, Jim Metcalf's poetic commentaries on everyday objects and events offer a keen insight into our world and our own humanity. This volume includes four rare and out-of-print collections of Metcalf's poetry: Follow Another Star, Please to Begin, In Some Quiet Place, and Jim Metcalf's Journal. With a foreword by his longtime friend and colleague Phil Johnson, this anthology serves as a brilliant reminder of the poet and his work.
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At the time of his death in 1977, Jim Metcalf was widely acclaimed as one of the brightest new stars in the poetry world. He was also the writer, producer, and host of the top-rated New Orleans television program, A Sunday Journal. His work earned him many accolades, including the distinguished Peabody Award for broadcasting. In 1998, Metcalf was posthumously inducted into the New Orleans Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Follow Another Star , along with Metcalf's other volumes of poetry, Jim Metcalf's Journal , In Some Quiet Place, and Please to Begin, are compiled in Jim Metcalf: Collected Poems, also published by Pelican.
Content
- Intro
- Front Cover
- Foreword
- Jim Metcalf's Journal
- The Poet and the Flowers
- Togetherness
- Obsession
- flirtation
- Love
- The Republic
- Class Reunion
- New Orleans
- The Time between
- The Prisoner
- Wanderer
- Seasons
- Reincarnation
- The Children
- Interim Manifesto
- For Not So Young Lovers
- Secrets
- Windows
- Lifestyle
- Requiem for a Leaf
- Sea
- The Day the Toys Died
- Parenthood
- Auto Junkyard
- Art
- XXVII
- A farewell to Dreams
- Judgment Day
- Crossroad
- Bourbon Street at Dusk
- In Some Quiet Place
- Some Tomorrow's Morning
- The Cookout
- Waters of the River
- Twilight
- before I Sleep
- XXXVII
- Mr. Amigo
- The Search
- Other years ... Other Skies
- The Gift of Love
- The Door
- A Dream I Overlooked
- XLIV
- Beauty in the Rain
- The Island
- My final Sorrow
- If You Remember Me
- When Summer fares
- The Agreement
- Winter Sleep
- Sing a Song of Silence
- A Place I Used to Go
- Parade
- Some Other Time Around
- Voices of the bayous
- Here and Hereafter
- Please to Begin
- Winter Visitor
- Flock of Gulls
- Skyline
- Exodus
- Clouds
- A Thank you Note on father's Day for Marc, Michael,Jamie, and Clare
- Sea Birds
- Our Last Goodbye
- Once in April
- Don't Pity Me My years
- Anniversary
- And I Will Meet Tomorrow
- The library
- Anchorman
- In Parting
- Diary on the River
- A Deeper Shade of Purple
- Imperfections
- Lilacs and Rainy Days
- Sweet Retrospect
- The Trees
- Summer Lovers
- Soft farewell
- Follow Another Star
- Preface
- Some Distant Star
- Look to the Rainbow
- As Others See Us
- The Dream
- Preview
- Oasis
- Attitudes
- The Impatient Interim
- The End of a Novel, Affair
- Of Beliefs and Challenges
- I'll find you Again
- Legacy of Love
- Plants That Cling to Walls of Stone
- The Poet
- Starlight
- Gift of God
- Commentary on Morality
- Dear?Enemies
- Rault Fire
- End of War
- City and Country Christmas
- Time
