Great Regulars: I also think that there is an element

in diving that is similar to poems in this way. When divers enter the water, one of the things they are trying to accomplish is a splashless entry. A large splash in diving, too much splash in diving would be more than a thimble worth of water. And there's a way in which you see the presence of the diver, off the diving board, in the air, through performance, in a kind of extremis for 1.3 seconds and then they enter the water, and then they're not there.

from Belinda Subraman Presents: David Biespiel: Poet, Writer-In-Residence, Editor of Poetry Northwest

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