{"id":7964,"date":"2021-07-12T17:51:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2021-07-12T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:53:08","slug":"sitting-on-a-jetty-reading-tagore-in-bright-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/sitting-on-a-jetty-reading-tagore-in-bright-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitting on a Jetty reading Tagore in Bright Sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Most people believe the mind to be a mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More or less accurately reflecting the world outside them<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Not realising on the contrary that the mind is itself<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The principle element of creation<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the title of this poem notes<\/p>\n<p>I am sitting on a jetty<\/p>\n<p>Reading a book of Tagore&#8217;s poetry<\/p>\n<p>Not many people sit on jetties<\/p>\n<p>And read his poetry<\/p>\n<p>I have yet to see one today<\/p>\n<p>Most of my friends are sunbathing<\/p>\n<p>Or swimming near the jetty<\/p>\n<p>I am the only one reading his poetry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people believe the mind to be a mirror More or less accurately reflecting the world outside them Not realising on the contrary that the mind is itself The principle element of creation &nbsp; As the title of this poem notes I am sitting on a jetty Reading a book of Tagore&#8217;s poetry Not many [&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\/7964"}],"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=7964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}