I read somewhere that cities such as Bath and Oxford borrow from the light from the sun in the morning and returns it with a great gratitude as the evening draws in<\/p>\n
But what of Margate<\/p>\n
It is a town of many buildings some quite lovely but none can be called outstanding as is the case in the former cities<\/p>\n
Margate has a highly decorated clock raised in Victorian times which is at the point of two separating roads<\/p>\n
It not a town of great universities or of carefree students in pretty frocks and bright cravats<\/p>\n
I own a Folkestone Burgundy but do not wear it on the streets of Margate<\/p>\n
As there is something wrong so very wrong about cravats in these days of casual attire<\/p>\n
The beach is I am told of imported sand which stretches deep from the sea shelter to the white terrace<\/p>\n
An art gallery modern in design stands where the artist used to lodge and how fresh it looks<\/p>\n
The town although improving still has an air of neglect of past splendours totally unloved<\/p>\n
No longer do the boarding houses and bed and breakfasts hold majesty<\/p>\n
They have been replaced by scruffy people who live in scruffy flats offensive to the eye<\/p>\n
But not all is lost as cafes small and chic are springing up in the old town<\/p>\n
Along with pastel bookshops in shady squares<\/p>\n
That are open to curious architectures<\/p>\n
Almost hidden at the height of trees<\/p>\n
I am in the half light and reading a book of haiku<\/p>\n
On a memorial bench much weathered<\/p>\n
The Moon and the Pines\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n How beautiful and simple this poetry is<\/p>\n God loves Margate and is rumoured to live there in a small flat above a record shop<\/p>\n He has gifted this coastal town a light that is the equal of Venice<\/p>\n The artist Turner noted this as have many others including writers and poets<\/p>\n From the first ray of the day to the last evening ray this light is simply stunning<\/p>\n High White<\/p>\n Wide Blue<\/p>\n Rich Crimsons<\/p>\n Cool Green<\/p>\n Savage Golds<\/p>\n All the colours of heaven are present<\/p>\n In the skies above Margate<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I read somewhere that cities such as Bath and Oxford borrow from the light from the sun in the morning and returns it with a great gratitude as the evening draws in But what of Margate It is a town of many buildings some quite lovely but none can be called outstanding as is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10277,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10272\/revisions\/10277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}