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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SAN DIEGO POEM: JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1973: SURVIVAL THIS WAY, by SIMON J. ORTIZ Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Survival, I know how this way Last Line: "this way." Variant Title(s): A San Diego Poem: January-february 1973: Survival This Way | |||
Survival, I know how this way. This way, I know. It rains. Mountains and canyons and plants grow. We travelled this way, gauged our distance by stories and loved our children. We taught them to love their births. We told ourselves over and over again, "We shall survive this way." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIS OWNE EPITAPH by FRANCOIS VILLON THE LAST WORD OF A BLUEBIRD; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST THE CHURCH WINDOWS by GEORGE HERBERT THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN by RUDYARD KIPLING ON A VOLUME OF ANONYNOUS POEMS ENTITLED A MASQUE OF POETS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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