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July 30, 2014 by PaulM Posted in Poetry, Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

In the rh.com archives, I found another post I had written about Harry de Metropolis in 2008. Time flies. Some of the information repeats what I have in my new post, but there is enough different material that I thought I’d post it as a companion piece to give a…

Harry de Metropolis of Lowell, Soldier & Poet

July 30, 2014 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell, Poetry 1 Comment

One of the lost poets of Lowell is Harry de Metropolis, born Sept. 22, 1913, in Lowell. He graduated from Lowell High School (1931) and West Point (1939), and served in the European and Pacific theaters in World War II. In 1952, the William-Frederick Press of N.Y. published a collection…