High+Diver

 High Diver  How deep is his duplicity who in a flash  Passes from resting bird to flying bird to fish,  Who momentarily is sculpture, then all motion,  Speed and splash, then climbs again to contemplation.

 He is the archer who himself is bow and arrow.  He is the upper-under-world commuting hero.

 His downward going has the air of sacrifice  To some dark seaweed-bearded seagod face to face.

 Or goddess. Rippling and responsive lies the water  For him to contemplate, then powerfully to enter.
 * //Robert Francis //**
 * //[|Biography Robert Francis] //**


 * **duplicity**  to be deliberately   deceitful in speech   or behaviour  ||

//Poem sourced from: // Mahoney, B. (2009). //Poetry Reloaded.// Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge University Press