Ralph Culver
Both Distances

I had thought
what a poor thing it was
to have loved and lost

Yet in some part of me
I am wishing him well
the man in your bed tonight

the care of your happiness
now entrusted to him

And the tracks in the snow
They mark
both distances

from and to

The new snow will come
What happens then
any child knows

No evidence of our passing

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Ralph Culver is the owner and principal of Letter-perfect Writing and Editorial Services in Burlington, VT, providing writing and editing services to commercial businesses, the medical and legal professions, and nonprofits throughout North America. He lives in Burlington with his partner, Gloria, and has two grown children.

WOMM-FM in Burlington, VT, interviewed Culver about this chapbook.

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