• poem

    “Autumn Impressions” I walk outside in the afternoon.The fresh cool wind embraces me. Leaves crunch under foot.They form a rich tapestry of multicolored hues.Red, orange, green, yellow and brown. I visit Starbucks.I get a pumpkin spice latte with whipped cream and nutmeg.A nice piece of pumpkin bread rounds out my meal. Later I arrive back…

  • A veritable feast!

    We just finished our Thanksgiving meal! We had yams with brown sugar and marshmellows, steamed brussel sprouts, carrots, mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, mushroom gravy, homemade cranberry sauce, gel cranberry sauce, and crescent rolls! For dessert we have homemade sweet potato pie and minced meat pie and eggnog! WOW I AM STUFFED!!!!!! 😀

  • new poem

    “Eat” food is sublimean ode in rhyme whether it is pastaor pizza pie I love eatingsometimes French or Thai give me bagels with cream cheeseor a strawberry cake my senses are delightedI am ready to partake ramen noodles I likeand hamburgers too I want some cheese friesand beef roast au jus there are so many…

  • New poem

    “Violet” My sister Vi is so sweet and kindI can always talk to her If there’s something on my mind When I am sick and unwellShe nurses me Until I feel swell We can chat about poetryFilms and 80s songsOur banter is always lively She is a poet and an artist tooSo talentedHer focus is…

  • new poem

    “afternoon musings” Water gushes across the window paneOh what a torrential rain The cool Spring airSo refreshing and fair The fierce wind gusts and blowsFollowing a path only God knows I thought of the rain which fellAfter Christ’s death knell His precious blood washed away down the hillAll in accordance with the Father’s will (c)…

  • New poem

    “Election” Oh sweet joy I’ve come to knowBecause of His unmerited graceEternity with the Lord I will face Christ paid the ransom for my soulI’m free from death and sinOh what a great propitiation We are all blackened by sinBut we need not remain in darknessGod has given us the Lamb glorious You can’t earn…

  • new poem

    “an autumn day” a cold breeze passesleaving goosebumps i exhaleand my breath is visible walking in the parkleaves satisfyingly crunch under foot i take a sipof my pumpkin spice latte it is refreshingi behold the trees the many hued leavescreate a rich tapestry of color i arrive home in time for lunchfrench onion soup i…

  • A Poem Untitled

    photographs are interestingyet also strange capturing a real life,in motion a moment immortalized,frozen in time what stories would we hearif they could speak information lostso much is unsaid we do not perceive allhidden forever but we do see dimlyjust a glimpse (c) Zachary Uram 2015

  • Jarvis and Bach

    Australian author Martin Jarvis starts with an astounding assertion, that Bach’s second wife Anna Magdalena Bach wrote not only the Solo Cello Suites, but other major works attributed to Bach as well.  He expects us to go along with him with basically no real evidence. The much ballyhooed handwriting analysis is a joke, and it…

  • depression redux

    lost in a dark abyssmired in an unceasing melancholymy soul achesa cold darkness engulfs meit chills me to the bonewaves of dread wash over mei cry out in despairmy mind is numbyet at my worst He is still presentChrist’s love reaches meeven in my lowly wretched statehow amazing and wonderfulthank you Lord!i will keep running…