{"id":6137,"date":"2020-12-28T22:28:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T22:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2020-12-28T22:42:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T22:42:15","slug":"dover-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/28\/dover-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Dover Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For over a hundred years a solitary candle has burned<\/p>\n<p>In the uppermost window of a cottage<\/p>\n<p>That overlooks the sea<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am now in charge of this light<\/p>\n<p>Which is lit just before dusk<\/p>\n<p>And extinguished just after dawn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have received letters from many sailors<\/p>\n<p>Telling me about the great comfort<\/p>\n<p>That this solitary light brings<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This coastal cottage now finds itself<\/p>\n<p>In a precarious position on the cliff<\/p>\n<p>Due to the endless erosion of the sea<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have been told to prepare to vacate<\/p>\n<p>This dimly lit cottage within the next year<\/p>\n<p>Before its final plunge into the darkness below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over a hundred years a solitary candle has burned In the uppermost window of a cottage That overlooks the sea &nbsp; I am now in charge of this light Which is lit just before dusk And extinguished just after dawn &nbsp; I have received letters from many sailors Telling me about the great comfort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137"}],"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=6137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}