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 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