Stevie Smith Poems

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1.
Not Waving But Drowning

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
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2.
Alone In The Woods

Alone in the woods I felt
The bitter hostility of the sky and the trees
Nature has taught her creatures to hate
Man that fusses and fumes
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3.
The Pleasures Of Friendship

4.
I Do Not Speak

I do not ask for mercy for understanding for peace
And in these heavy days I do not ask for release
I do not ask that suffering shall cease.
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5.
Happiness

6.
The Reason

My life is vile
I hate it so
I'll wait awhile
And then I'll go.
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7.
My Heart Was Full

8.
Sunt Leones

The lions who ate the Christians on the sands of the arena
By indulging native appetites played was now been seen a
Not entirely negligible part
In consolidating at the very start
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9.
Never Again

Never again will I weep
And wring my hands
And beat my head against the wall
Because
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10.
The Jungle Husband

Dearest Evelyn, I often think of you
Out with the guns in the jungle stew
Yesterday I hittapotamus
I put the measurements down for you but they got lost in the fuss
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