Published Works
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Jim Metcalf's Journal
"I have roamed the silent, tranquil skies close to where the stars are. I have outrun sunsets."
Wanderer
Pelican Publishing Company, 1974 -
In Some Quiet Place
"I'll walk softly in some grassy place and not make the faintest trace of sound waves to vulgarize my aural paradise."
Sing a Song of Silence
Pelican Publishing Company, 1975 -
Please To Begin
"Their freedom is, like ours, a passing, sometimes thing—a respite now and then, from the dictates of a universe of law."
Clouds
Pelican Publishing Company, 1976 -
Follow Another Star
"Then I will look above for another light and I will follow another star… and I alone will choose the one to follow."
Some Distant Star
Pelican Publishing Company, 1979
Collected Poems
A collection of the four titles above was published in 1999 by Pelican Publishing, and can be found here. Jim Metcalf Collected Poems
Though the four original works are out of print, used copies can be still be found. These volumes were published in fine, hardcover format, and the poems were accompanied by beautiful original photography. They are worth seeking out.
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Videos
Links
- Newly launched Facebook page
- Jim's 1975 Peabody Award for his WWL-TV program "A Sunday Journal"
- Jim's Wikipedia Entry
- Memories of Jim shared by Ron Barthet, Northshore photographer and blogger
Contact
This site is very new, and much more content is coming in the near future. It is maintained by David Metcalf, one of Jim's grandchildren.
If you have any memories or anecdotes of Jim Metcalf that you would like to share, please contact david at pleasetobegin dot com.
Of special interest are photos, videos, and news clippings. But even if Jim just touched your life, please reach out!
Roadmap
These are some of the ideas planned for this site. Want to see something here? See the address above.
- Interviews with family, friends, and former colleagues
- Guest articles by those people above, if they're interested
- A Bio section that offers something more personal than Wikipedia
- A Facebook page, and possibly Instagram
Finally, some housekeeping. I'm building this in public—why not pull back the curtain?
- Expanding the site to be unique pages per category (coming soon)
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Image optimization to reduce load timedone - New, higher quality images of book covers
- SEO optimization for searchability and social media sharing