Cori MacNaughton

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Brave Dog

Our Pyrenees mix
is afraid of the small goats
he lives to harass

The ninth of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

#fear #afraid #bravery #dog #goats #guardian #goat #livestock #pyrenees

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Fireflies

Watching the fireflies
in the woods, from our back porch,
enlightens each dusk

The eighth of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

#dark #woods #night #fireflies #firefly #evening #forest #dusk

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Marriage

Marriage, once I came
to know you well, ceased to be
a step to avoid

The seventh of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

#love #trust #marriage

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Birds

Listening to birds
our doves and all the wildlings
brightens my mornings

The sixth of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

#song #birds #morning #wild #bird #doves #birdsong

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Knowledge

If only I knew
now, as much as I did when
I was seventeen

The fifth of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

#knowledge #learning #maturity

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Nobility

All I ever learned
of nobility I learned
from my Newfoundland

The fourth of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

#love #dog #soulmate #newfoundland #nobility

Cori MacNaughton Jun 2015

Frustration

Frustration is having a government
that was created of, by
and for the People
that's been hijacked by money,
holding We the People in contempt.

The third of nine short poems written before I got out of bed this morning.
c.2015 Cori MacNaughton

Edit: even truer today, on 22 Feb 2025, than it was when originally posted.

#frustration #people #money #government #contempt #maga #felons