Short Trailblazing Poems

Late trailblazing top American diplomat, Madeleine Albright
    Possessed a steely resolve and was exceptionally bright

   Political giant and the first female U.S. Secretary of State
 Czech-born, she was but a shiny spoke on the wheel of fate



Date written: 03/26/2022...

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mOOnSHine


     HiGhlights in the hAiR of the moon
the dark is CoLd at Winter’s EdGe

     sPoTlight makes me the StaR
as I check the mail from my car

     what’s so HiP about the DiPper?
Why does he LinGeR behind trees?

     trailblazing through gRoGGy moss
the WiNd pecks at my ears and neck

     A TiPsY night with gypsy blood
Stealing the lUsTeR of moonShinE


Kim Rodrigues ©2017...

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Rare are those among us 
who gain wisdom 
without errors,

without overstepping a line 
we are not allowed 
to go beyond,

without daring to be different
from what we are
supposed be.

Yet, they're the ones who do 
the perilous trailblazing 
for all of us,

who map out the constraints 
that we can outgrow and 
must overcome,

who, in the frenzy of finding out 
what's beyond, must draw 
the first blood!...

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Gossamer wings display angelic quality 
Empyrean dragonflies surround her
with ethereal ambiance
and with trailblazing elan
a bardess takes flight, 
stirring our muses to
greater heights

Poetic princess with a golden pen
her true beauty lies deep within
she's an empress of empathy
compassionate toward all
equinox moon goddess
glowing white bright,
bleeding ink

               ~Collaboration with Tom Woody...

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Rare are those among us  who can learn
        without committing errors,
without daring to become a bit more
        than we are allowed to be,
without overstepping a line we are prohibited
        from going beyond.

But they're the ones who do the perilous
        trailblazing for most of us,
who map out the obstacles we can outgrow
        and must overcome,
who, in the frenzy of finding what's beyond,
        must draw the first blood!...

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Glowing Ash of yesterday's leaves,
crumble as they fall upon skin, 
wrapped within your satire sheathes, 
the sadness behind a leering grin,
the embers from burning leaves, 
twirling across the sky upon the gust, 
wind rushing through and trailblazing,
like hate and pain giving way to lust, 
within the glows is were a phoenix rose, 
flaming feathers rekindling the blaze, 
behind eyelashes witnessing my world turn to ashes, a godless wrath from yesterdays. 
 
Martin Eoghan 25/06/22...

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