Lori Clayton Shamock Poems

Abominable summer heat is an obscure memory
Crisp, chilly breeze and flame-hued leaves are autumnal history Gone are gray skies that shroud the lifeless landscape of November
And Jack Frost's antics that precede and far surpass December The great metamorphosis from sterile winter's hoary scene
Transforms earth to kaleidoscope spinning shades of green Colors spew from nature's palette laying radiance to view
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A full circle represents
a lifetime
The diameter may be
short or long
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I've discovered a wealth of comfort in writing poetry,
As well as an enriching source of mental therapy.
Snakes of depression emanate from their ugly cage,
When my thoughts are funneled out onto an empty page. Frustrations ripe for extraction from my weary mind,
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