Not Waving but Drowning Not Drowning, Waving takes their name from the poem. The underground '90s emo-hardcore act I Hate Myself recorded a song with the same name on their album 10 Songs. A track on Julian Cope's 1991 album "Peggy Suicide" was titled "Not Raving but Drowning" after the poem. The poem was also set to music by singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt on his debut album Little with a spoken introduction from a Stevie Smith recording. Singer and songwriter Tanita Tikaram set the poem to music in her song titled "Not Waving but Drowning" which appeared as a b-side to her single "I Might
The Drowning Girl sea to be with her mother, which India obliges by taking her to the beach, at which point Eva walks into the water. After India calls out to her, Eva looks back and tells her to "join the dance". India tells the reader that she doesn't know whether or not to run into the water after Eva. India reunites with Abalyn, and it is implied they are still together at the end of the novel. Eva's body washes up on the shore sometime after. The Drowning Girl The Drowning Girl: A Memoir is a 2012 novel by American writer Caitlín