Edwin Markham, now deceased poet from Oregon City, Oregon, wrote 4 lines that lassoed my attention over 40 years ago. And the truth of his words rings in my ears often. I admire his simplicity of wisdom in poetic form; like Burma Shave signs along my journey. Here are a few of his signs:
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"He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!"
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"There is a destiny which makes us (brothers);
none goes his way alone.
All that we send into the lives of others
comes back into our own.
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"For all your years prepare,
And meet them ever alike;
When you are the anvil, bear--
When you are the hammer, strike
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