Mice & Other Poems

By Gerald Bullett

Mice and Other Poems by Gerard William Bullett is a collection of poetry about the topic of World War I. Bullett writes with conviction and pain about the horrors of the First World War. Excerpt: "I see the broken bodies of women and men, Temples of God ruined; I see the claws Of sinister Fate, from the reach of whose feline paws Never are safe the bodies of women and men."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 12, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066207915

Gerald Bullett

Gerald William Bullett (December 30, 1893 - January 3, 1958) was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote both supernatural fiction and some children's literature. Bullett was born in London and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. During World War II he worked for the BBC in London, and after the war was a radio broadcaster. Bullett also contributed to the Times Literary Supplement. Politically, Bullett described himself as a "liberal socialist" and claimed to detest "prudery, prohibition, blood sports, central heating, and literary tea parties".

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