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Not waving but drowning

Not waving but drowning | Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning. (Stevie Smith, 1957) | image tagged in waving,drowning,poetry | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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Brattmann
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Fun fact: this poem was based on Stevie Smith’s childhood memory of a newspaper article.
Ironically, she seems to have remembered it wrongly. Her biographers could only locate one similar story. There was a swimmer who was “rescued”, but they were actually waving not drowning.

https://www.google.com.au/search?sca_esv=557329753&hl=en&q=inauthor:%22William+McBrien%22&tbm=bks
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Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning. (Stevie Smith, 1957)