{"id":33524,"date":"2026-04-15T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=33524"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:22:16","slug":"ghosts-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/ghosts-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are these sea mists common Gerry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not really but given the right conditions <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ghosts of the sea do visit our village <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghosts <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you close your eyes and listen <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you hear <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much if anything at all <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you feel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A coolness caressing my face <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taste what do you taste Billy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose it is a gentle saline taste <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open your eyes what do you see <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The village is almost hidden <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the light of the day <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel a tight peculiar anxiety&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is invading my person <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I imagining all of this Gerry <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the captain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is now in this cottage <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He always sits near the hearth <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot see the captain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> He is there I can promise you that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As even ghosts enjoy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warmth on cooler days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you call this a haunting <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No far from it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just old friends <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoying each others company     <br><br><br><br>Sea Tales (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are these sea mists common Gerry Not really but given the right conditions The ghosts of the sea do visit our village Ghosts Yes If you close your eyes and listen What do you hear Not much if anything at all What do you feel A coolness caressing my face Taste what do you taste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33524"}],"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=33524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33529,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33524\/revisions\/33529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}