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RUNNING AND FEAR by SIMON J. ORTIZ

Poet Analysis

First Line: WITHIN MY KNEE, THE PAIN'S INNER ANIMAL HEART
Last Line: THE FEAR IS NOT WASTED FOR WE KNOW AFTER ALL %HOW HUMBLY WE ARE DRIVEN TO ACCEPTANCE

Poem Sources:

FROM HERE WE SPEAK; AN ANTHOLOGY OF OREGON POETRY.
  WENDT, INGRID, & ST. JOHN, PRIMUS (EDS.)
  (1993)