Not Waving but Drowning Not Waving but Drowning "Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by the British poet Stevie Smith. It was published in 1957 as part of a collection of the same title. The most famous of Smith's poems, it gives an account of a drowned man whose distressed thrashing in the water had been mistaken for waving. The poem was accompanied by one of Smith's drawings, as was common in her work. The poem's personal significance has been the topic of several pieces of literary criticism because Smith was treated for psychological problems. She contemplated suicide at the age of eight
Citizens Here and Abroad as dreamy and cerebral. While their songs are built on catchy melodies, they don't tend to follow traditional verse-chorus-verse song structure, opting for a more experimental approach to composition. In 2004, their debut album, "Ghosts of Tables and Chairs" was released on Omnibus Records. The band toured the US and the UK in support of the album, and the track "Appearances" ended up being used in the U.S. television teen soap opera, The O.C. Their follow-up album, "Waving, Not Drowning" (see Not Waving but Drowning) was released in 2006 on Turn Records. Albums Compilations Citizens Here and Abroad Citizens Here