Poems by Gerald Bullett

Originally published in 1949, this book presents a selection of verse by the renowned British writer and broadcaster Gerald Bullett.

Gerald Bullett (Author)

9781107554283, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 October 2015

66 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.4 cm, 0.08 kg

Originally published in 1949, this book presents a selection of verse by the renowned British writer and broadcaster Gerald Bullett (1893–1958). 36 poems are contained, 25 of which appeared for the first time in this volume. The rest were selected from two previous collections: Poems in Pencil (1937) and Winter Solstice (1943). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Bullett and English poetry.

Part I. New Poems: 1. The child
2. Morning glory
3. April evening
4. To a hedgehog
5. Proteus
6. The looking-glass
7. Molehill
8. Cattle market
9. The chestnut tree
10. The apparition
11. The wish
12. A still morning
13. Summer's end
14. Christmas rose
15. A day in November
16. To Tsui Chi
17. 'The tale of Genji'
18. Bridge of God
19. Dark is thy light
20. Gardeners
21. Winter scenes
22. Christmas Eve
23. Moonshine
24. The garden
25. In the garden at night
Part II. Poems in Pencil: 26. Sudden Spring
27. Water
28. White frost
29. Woodpecker
30. Moorhen
31. Cat and starlings
32. Corn harvest
33. Man and hare
34. The exile
35. The rose
Part III. Winter Solstice: 36. Winter solstice.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]