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Epigraph: And what we fear is what we have least cause to fear - our thorough annihilation; our reduction to nothing more than chemistry. We do not fear pain so much as we fear that we are neither epics nor immortal. We fear this in spite of the phenomena that crowd our lives with corroborative proof that an infinitely cunning, witty, meticulous and diabolical Intelligence shapes our destinies just as It has shaped the jellyfish, the birds and fish of the sea. 'Bible Student', Griffith Watkins.
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Dedication: For Kate and the Captain from One of the Kings
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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God in the Afternoon,
single work
short story
Mark Seville has recently been discharged from the hospital after a bone disease left one leg crippled. Feeling smothered by the attention around him, he flees to the ocean and rows out in a dinghy, where he rediscovers his peace.
- The Sea Owned Many Facesi"The sea owned many faces, those days", single work poetry (p. 20-22)
- The Old Fishermani"Too, too many suns", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Sea Burial of Captain Timmsi"Though the waves had steeples enough,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Reels for Summeri"How will they know,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- The Wavei"Through and over that May sea", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- The Mad Fisher Boyi"That seawrecked dawn when he was sprung", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Personai"Shaking as it does", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- The Islandi"The sea is not small in love, I thought,", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Three Sharks, single work short story (p. 35-36)
- Romeo with Fruiti"On Saturdays, grey or gay,", single work poetry (p. 37-38)
- Love Songi"Blindfolded tightly by your crying hair,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Water Songi"The water nudging past your head,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Tunes for Ginai"When Gina comes into the room", single work poetry (p. 40-43)
- If Red be Love's Colouri"If red be love's colour", single work poetry (p. 44)
- Bus Shelter Phantasyi"Six blond girls sat in a bus shelter", single work poetry humour (p. 45-46)
- The Telephonei"Along the wire", single work poetry (p. 47)
- Weddingi"Who goes into her arms", single work poetry (p. 48)
- What Kind of Courtship What Kind of Marriage?i"what kind of courtship what", single work poetry (p. 49)
- One Colour You Becomei"One colour you become", single work poetry (p. 50)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Poetry Comes in Many Shapes...
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 154-156)
— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Twenty-Five Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Sleep Tight Baby 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Holocaust Island 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 1991 selected work poetry ; Principia Gondwana 1992 selected work poetry ; Eschatologies 1991 selected work poetry -
Summer Reading
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December and vol. 6 no. 1 January vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe 1990 single work novel ; Florid States 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties 1990 single work autobiography -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Salt , June vol. [1] no. 2 1991; (p. 75-77)
— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story -
Death of a Young Man
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 122 1990; (p. 35-36)
— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story
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Summer Reading
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December and vol. 6 no. 1 January vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe 1990 single work novel ; Florid States 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties 1990 single work autobiography -
Death of a Young Man
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 122 1990; (p. 35-36)
— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Salt , June vol. [1] no. 2 1991; (p. 75-77)
— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story -
Poetry Comes in Many Shapes...
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 154-156)
— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Twenty-Five Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Sleep Tight Baby 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Holocaust Island 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 1991 selected work poetry ; Principia Gondwana 1992 selected work poetry ; Eschatologies 1991 selected work poetry
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