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
The Drowning Pool (film) The Drowning Pool (film) The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a sequel to "Harper". The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana. Los Angeles-based private investigator Lew Harper (Paul Newman) flies to Louisiana to do a job for his ex-flame, Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). She believes the family’s ex-chauffeur is the person who is blackmailing her with the knowledge that she has cheated on her husband. The husband does not care,