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
Not Drowning, Waving January 1986. Bridie and Phillips also worked on the soundtrack for "Canoe Man", a documentary about canoe makers from Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Their work resulted in a six-track extended play (EP), "The Sing Sing", which was released in June. Other members of Not Drowning, Waving have included Penny Hewson and Andrew Carswell. In June 1987, the band issued their third album, "Cold and the Crackle" which was followed in December with an EP, "I Did", recorded with Robby Douglas Turner on vocals. By 1989, Not Drowning, Waving left Rampant Records and signed with Mighty Boy to issue