{"id":43132,"date":"2026-01-18T09:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=43132"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:51:33","slug":"pastoral-suite-poems-by-john-muro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=43132","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Suite \u2013 Poems by John Muro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tender, luminous, and mindful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his second book, Muro invites readers into those in-between hours when the noise of the world falls away and quiet, solitary skies begin to speak. From the opening poem, \u201cAubade,\u201d his method is clear: slow attention. Morning arrives \u201clike a benediction,\u201d light breaking into \u201ca carousel of mists.\u201d Nature is not a backdrop but teacher; even birdsong feels like instruction. In the first section, Le Stagioni e il Mare, time stretches and bends. In \u201cBreakwater,\u201d a crumbling wall becomes a figure for the human body: \u201ca life \/ tending to a state of perpetual repair.\u201d Erosion is not only loss, but endurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cIn March,\u201d the land is \u201cnoteworthy for its rampant emptiness,\u201d neither dead nor alive, teaching that waiting itself is a form of living. \u201cApproaching Arcadia\u201d offers beauty shadowed by unease\u2014some images we \u201cwould just as soon unsee.\u201d In Flora e Fauna, animals become companions in being. In \u201cGreat Blue,\u201d the heron stands \u201cstill as an in-drawn breath,\u201d wondering \u201chow best to navigate this middle stretch of life.\u201d In Cuore e Casa, landscape turns inward. Grief, love, and memory appear quietly, held with care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A beautiful book that quiets, steadies, and teaches readers how to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antrim House<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date June 13, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length 176 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 979-8985562118<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $18.66 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tender, luminous, and mindful. In his second book, Muro invites readers into those in-between hours when the noise of the world falls away and quiet, solitary skies begin to speak. From the opening poem, \u201cAubade,\u201d his method is clear: slow attention. Morning arrives \u201clike a benediction,\u201d light breaking into \u201ca carousel of mists.\u201d Nature is not a backdrop but teacher; even birdsong feels like instruction. In the first section, Le Stagioni e il Mare, time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":43136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7223,726,103272229,91,3328,178,723771287,1136176,723771219,723769804,723769805,723771480,422,531468,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-43132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-authors-reviews","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-goodreads","tag-indie-books","tag-john-muro","tag-kindle","tag-nook","tag-pastoral-suite-poems","tag-poetry","tag-poetry-collection","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-bdG","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pastoral.jpg?fit=283%2C425&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43138,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43132\/revisions\/43138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}