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Free Verse · Friendship

For the Ones Who Showed Up

by The QuillOak Editors

1Not the ones who sent the flowers —

2though bless them, too —

3but the ones who showed up early

4with a mop and no questions,

5who sat in the hard hour

6and did not check the time.

7I have no gift the size of that.

8Only this, and only true:

9thank you. I saw. I won't forget.

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Poem
For the Ones Who Showed Up
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
9 lines
Form
Free Verse
Themes
Friendship, Kindness, Family

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QuillOak originalFor the Ones Who Showed Up, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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