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Not Drowning but Waving

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Poet Stevie Smith 's most memorable poem ends with the words "not waving but drowning". To mark the centenary of her birth, five writers have turned her bleak phrase on its head. 1: Historian and novelist Stevie Davies evokes a memory of childhood that is part biography, part autobiography and entirely playful. Read by Helen Sheals. Producer Christine Hall

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Stevie Smith
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Stevie Davies
Read By:
Helen Sheals.
Producer:
Christine Hall
Source: Radio Times

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