At least once a year I wander down to the beach<\/p>\n
Usually on a cooler day<\/p>\n
As I am given the space that I require<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Whilst there I read<\/p>\n
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner<\/em><\/p>\n In its entirety<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have not completed this friendly task<\/p>\n So far this year<\/p>\n As I have pretended to be busy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jane<\/p>\n Yes<\/p>\n Do you remember<\/p>\n Our Yorkshire conversations<\/p>\n Which one<\/p>\n The one about<\/p>\n Which of Keats Byron<\/p>\n Shelley or Coleridge<\/p>\n Do I resemble the most<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You replied that<\/p>\n I am unlike<\/p>\n Any of them<\/p>\n As I am<\/p>\n My own person<\/p>\n And that the question<\/p>\n Was quite immature<\/p>\n As it was unlike me<\/p>\n To seek praise<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whilst hiding in the shadows<\/p>\n Of another poet<\/p>\n I noted that my question was<\/p>\n A question that did not<\/p>\n Requite an answer<\/p>\n As it was a fluid enquiry<\/p>\n You noted that I resembled<\/p>\n Each of the named poets<\/p>\n But my work was far more oblique<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We finished our tea and toast<\/p>\n Marvelling at the low clouds<\/p>\n And the bleak moors beyond<\/p>\n You then handed me a copy<\/p>\n Of Birthday Letters <\/em>by Ted Hughes<\/p>\n As a gift for being so kind<\/p>\n I can remember the moment clearly<\/p>\n As I was wearing your garnet ring on a necklace<\/p>\n Which had been your morning gift to me<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stan and Jane\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n September 2022<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least once a year I wander down to the beach Usually on a cooler day As I am given the space that I require Whilst there I read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner In its entirety I have not completed this friendly task So far this year As I have pretended […]<\/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-12034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12034","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=12034"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12041,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12034\/revisions\/12041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}