Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning. I was much further out than you thought, and not waving… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“How could you teach someone to survive? You pointed them in the right direction and hoped they'd swim, not sink. Waving, not… — Lesley Lokko Copy Share Image
Not Waving but Drowning Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Soyinka's Death at Dawn, Auden's Musée des Beaux Arts, Stevie Smith's Not Waving but Drowning and Wislawa Szymborska's Some People come to… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
