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 1992. They also worked on the soundtrack for Richard Lowenstein's 1993 film "Say a Little Prayer". By October 1992, Cole had left and the sixth studio album "Circus" was recorded at the Rockfield Studios in Wales. It was produced by Hugh Jones (Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen) for the White Label Records imprint on Mushroom Records. They were the support act for Peter Gabriel on his first tour of Australia in 1994. Early in the year, Bridie and Phillips compiled a selection of their soundtrack work as "Projects 1983–93" which was issued in April. Late in the year, Bridie