Far end of summer and evening comes
with stars as soft as swans
medieval gold floods across the lawn,
a distant thunder drums
from somewhere moon-distant, beyond
the tree-line, and a lithesome
wind brushes across the open mouths
of blossoms in a paddle-hushed sound.
Dew dripping grass and a horizon of plum,
near-glimmering, appear years from dawn
or winter’s blue, enfeebled tongue’s
monastic requiem.
Gardens of snowdrift and pearled abalone
rise, flowers flourish in sponge-soft stone.
John Muro
A resident of Connecticut and a lover of all things chocolate, John Muro has authored two volumes of poems —
In the Lilac Hour and Pastoral Suite — in 2020 and 2022, respectively. A third volume —
A Bountiful Silence & Other Poems — will be published this
year. Since the publication of his first book, John has been thrice
nominated for the Pushcart Prize, twice nominated for the Best of the
Net and, in 2023, he received a Grantchester Award. His
work has appeared in such literary journals as Acumen, Delmarva, Grey Sparrow, Hyacinth Review, Moria, River Heron, Sky Island and the
Valparaiso Review.
