Aaron Rudolph

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Aaron Rudolph Biography

Aaron is a poet and teacher originally from northern New Mexico. His poems sometimes explore his Latino heritage and the mutlti-cultural aspects of his home state. He authored two books and his poems have appeared in two anthologies. He won the 2008 AWP Intro Journals Project for poetry.)

The Best Poem Of Aaron Rudolph

Almost

(originally published in Pasatiempo,2015)

There's nearly a magic that surrounds me
when I am not looking or when asleep.
Even in daytime, when the sparrows outside
on the fence jabber for attention, beaks
poised high, their miniscule bodies shaking
from the effort. I wait five beats before
answering her phone call. Before I push
my shoulders out slowly and breathe once, twice.

Is it magical if laughter can stitch
moments together, if a quilt-like line
of stories can almost bring two people
to the same place? I can spend the morning
in my yard watching sparrows, listening
for each break in their song, each small moment
when wind slaps against weeds and a distant
knocking rhythms along like song, like hope.

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