Over many years I have developed thoughts on various subjects. Nothing unusual about that so have numerous people, many well-known and with more interesting thoughts than my simple ones. Now well into retirement age I wish to get these thoughts of my chest irrespective of any adverse comment. Attempts to create a website with a name involving ‘simple thoughts’ or similar were thwarted so I finished with an ‘acronym - Stoasm, which for me has become a word in its own right. I welcome viewers and helpful comments and perhaps honest less helpful ones.
Welcome
I wrote this poem whilst on holiday in Newquay in the early 1960s. It was mislaid/forgotten until June 2025 when Marjory found it in some old papers. memories returned and I initially recall walking along a coastal path with notepad and pencil initially inspired by the sound of the tide. On return to the hotel it was finalised and rewritten and not changed since
In 1999 we attended a Good Friday ‘Stations of the Cross’ service. We stood before each station represented by one of Chris Senior’s superb drawings. Richard gave some background to the station, we said prayers, sang a verse of a hymn and moved on. Apart from the prayers and our singing we were like onlookers trying to get close yet remote from those events 2000 years ago.
I wrote this poem whilst on holiday in Newquay in the early 1960s. It was mislaid/forgotten until June 2025 when Marjory found it in some old papers. memories returned and I initially recall walking along a coastal path with notepad and pencil initially inspired by the sound of the tide. On return to the hotel it was finalised and rewritten and not changed since
English spelling is chaotic this a short outline of how we got here and my personal thoughts of how we could proceed.
There is creation as recorded in Genesis the first book of the Bible. Many believe it literally. Others using archaeological evidence which pointed to the earth being billions of years old and life’s long period of evolution discrediting the seven day creation story. They even imply from this that there is no God