Saturday, March 21, 2009

Stevie Smith


Stevie Smith (20 September 1902 – 7 March 1971) was an English poet and novelist.


Not Waving but Drowning
Stevie Smith 

 Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.

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.