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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins
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Notes

  • 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.
  • 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.
God in the Afternoon, Griffith Wynne Watkins , 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.

 (p. 13-19)
The Sea Owned Many Facesi"The sea owned many faces, those days", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 20-22)
The Old Fishermani"Too, too many suns", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Sea Burial of Captain Timmsi"Though the waves had steeples enough,", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Reels for Summeri"How will they know,", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Wavei"Through and over that May sea", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
The Mad Fisher Boyi"That seawrecked dawn when he was sprung", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Personai"Shaking as it does", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
The Islandi"The sea is not small in love, I thought,", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 34)
Three Sharks, Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work short story (p. 35-36)
Romeo with Fruiti"On Saturdays, grey or gay,", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Love Songi"Blindfolded tightly by your crying hair,", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 39)
Water Songi"The water nudging past your head,", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 39)
Tunes for Ginai"When Gina comes into the room", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 40-43)
If Red be Love's Colouri"If red be love's colour", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 44)
Bus Shelter Phantasyi"Six blond girls sat in a bus shelter", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry humour (p. 45-46)
The Telephonei"Along the wire", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 47)
Weddingi"Who goes into her arms", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 48)
What Kind of Courtship What Kind of Marriage?i"what kind of courtship what", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 49)
One Colour You Becomei"One colour you become", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 50)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 1990 .
      Extent: 256p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Afterword by Peter Jeffery, December 1989. (pp.243-253).
      ISBN: 0949206733
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Works about this Work

Poetry Comes in Many Shapes... Robert Darling , 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 Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Twenty-Five Poems Michael Dugan , 1991 selected work poetry ; Sleep Tight Baby Karl Karlsen , 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Jennifer Rankin , 1990 selected work poetry ; Holocaust Island Graeme Dixon , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; Principia Gondwana Alan Alexander , 1992 selected work poetry ; Eschatologies John Kinsella , 1991 selected work poetry
Summer Reading Rod Moran , 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 Dorothy Hewett , 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace Manning Clark , 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever Elizabeth Jolley , 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe Carmel Bird , 1990 single work novel ; Florid States Rod Usher , 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Untitled Geoff Page , 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 Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story
Death of a Young Man Barbara Giles , 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 Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story
Summer Reading Rod Moran , 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 Dorothy Hewett , 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace Manning Clark , 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever Elizabeth Jolley , 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe Carmel Bird , 1990 single work novel ; Florid States Rod Usher , 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Death of a Young Man Barbara Giles , 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 Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story
Untitled Geoff Page , 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 Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story
Poetry Comes in Many Shapes... Robert Darling , 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 Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Twenty-Five Poems Michael Dugan , 1991 selected work poetry ; Sleep Tight Baby Karl Karlsen , 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Jennifer Rankin , 1990 selected work poetry ; Holocaust Island Graeme Dixon , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; Principia Gondwana Alan Alexander , 1992 selected work poetry ; Eschatologies John Kinsella , 1991 selected work poetry
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