Jim Metcalf: Collected Poems

By Jim Metcalf

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565547012
• ISBN13: 9781565547018
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"