the dedication of one of his books of poetry, he promised his readers that he "will not touch my pen, except it be in prayer to God, or praise of my fellowmen." Metcalfe wrote and published at least seventeen books of poetry: Portraits (1947) Poem Portraits: A Collection of Verse (1948) Poem Portraits: 107 Selected Poems (1948) Garden in My Heart: Poem Flowers of Faith and Friendship (1949) Poems For Children (1950) James J. Metcalfe's Portraits: 100 Selected Poems (1950) More Poem Portraits: A Further Collection of Verse (1951) My Rosary of Rhymes: Poetic Beads of Faith and Friendship (1952) Love Portraits (1953) Love Portraits (1954) Portraits: 100 More Selected Poems (1954) Daily Poem Portraits (1954) Garden in My Heart (1955) Portraits: 100 Selected Poems (1956) Poem Portraits of the Saints (1956) Poem Portraits of Inspiration (1958) Poem Portraits for All Occasions'' (1961) A representative Metcalfe poem One of Metcalfe's poems is about "The Friends I Had": Family and later life Metcalfe and his wife Lillian Hammer Metcalfe had 3 children: Donald, James, and Kristina Marie. The Metcalfe family lived in Chicago, Dallas, and California. In his later years, Metcalfe delighted in retelling, not merely the poems for which he had become famous, but also stories of his FBI and reporter days, including his experiences with several notorious American mobsters. The Metcalfe's lived for several years in a modest ranch house in Dallas, which Metcalfe referred to as "the house that poems built." Metcalfe died in March 1960, at the age of 53. External links Some of Metcalfe's poems, and a brief biography Website maintained by Metcalfe's daughter, Kristina We were the G-Men, a poem by James J. Metcalfe 1906 births 1960 deaths Federal Bureau of Investigation agents 20th-century American poets University of Notre Dame alumni American male journalists 20th-century American journalists American male poets 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers