
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Over the years since Kevin started AllPoetry, many remarkable people have passed through its doors. In the greater scheme of things the time we spend here is but a wink of an eye. However, in that very short time there have been people who have touched our hearts and minds with their words, love and fond memories.
While some of us knew them well and others only in passing we were all truly blessed to have spent a moment in time among their words.
Below are the links to some of the poets who have graced the pages of AllPoetry, leaving their final words for us to ponder. We hope that within these pages you will find something to brighten your day, heal your soul or just make you smile. Come, spend a few moments with some lost but not forgotten friends.
Dee Garner & Pat Williams
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Always Near
I knew the day would come
When I’d have to say goodbye
I knew that it would hurt
And I knew that I would cry
But I truly didn’t know
How deep the pain would be
How lost I would feel
Once God set you free
I always knew you would leave
And our time would be too brief
But when that time finally came
I was enveloped in my grief
I look around me now
Waiting for you to appear
But somewhere deep inside
I know you’re always near
By P.M.Williams
© 2006
Those we love don't go away...
they walk beside us everyday
author unknown
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March, 12, 2003
May You Be
Someone to talk too,
Someone to share,
Someone to help you through the bad times,
Someone to care,
www.allpoetry.com/poem/80980
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December 28, 1954-April 29, 2004
Tell Her
When tender tears, like autumn rains,
Turn sunny skies to grey.
Please tell her that my love remains,
T'will ever be that way.
If fate by fortune find forlorn,
The angel that I know.
And bring her precious heart to mourn,
Tell her I love her so.
www.allpoetry.com/poem/124238
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Robert Jean Ruff
August 19, 2004
Missing your smiles
Smiles, as though we shared a secret joke
That only we knew
Smiles across the room, as tho’ we spoke
A loving word or two
Smiles when my actions were pleasing
Wish there’d been more
www.allpoetry.com/poem/653293
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Del Warren Livingston
Del Warren Livingston
August 09, 1944 - September 12, 2005
Two High Coo(Haiku)
on the mountaintop
above treelines and street lights
eagles are hatching
five little hatchlings
the parents make it seven
five reasons two coo
www.allpoetry.com/poem/1500063
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Tracy Lynn Richardson
January 20, 1976 - August 25, 2002
Hand Of A Friend
You understand my heart,
You know me inside and out
You listen to my non-sense
You know what I'm all about
I can not lie to you
I can not keep things hidden
But I know when I make mistakes
I'll always be forgiven
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Stuart van Hoozer
February 3, 2006
Follow Me
Follow me, he said;
But I had just awakened
And there were morning chores to do
And nothing to gain by following --
Yet in the tone of his voice
An unspoken promise.
www.allpoetry.com/poem/1157026
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Toni Howard
March 11, 1951-July 28, 2002
My Daughters
Daughters are a special gift
the best gift given to me
I have the two most precious girls
that you could ever see
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Rene' Almadovar Jr.
May 5, 1984 -June 14, 2006
My Dream
i am the darkness
the silence
the lover
the spirit
the dreamer
but loneliness
is all i see
http://allpoetry.com/poem/1981033
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Danielle A Scott
March 5, 1992 - August 15, 2006
rain
i love the sweet
pitter patter
rain
falling from the heavens makes
while you're outside alone
dancing
like no one is watching
www.allpoetry.com/poem/1807129
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Distance is near.
Darkness is light.
As you fall away.

Hidden from the world caged under the hanging willow
Secluded from anything that may distract me from your side
Branches sway with gracing winds on leaves twirling low.
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All that I’ve Got
Now that you’re in my life
There’s nothing else
Never am I lonely
Because you’re all that I’ve got
And I can’t let it go
www.allpoetry.com/poem/2133873

Mark Jaworski
December 25, 1952 - December 30, 2006
North Star
It was like watching a shooting star enter
the atmosphere --- the
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Magic is so strong tonight
Make a place where we can be
Together for eternity

Heaven's Love
Between somewhere where you are
And somewhere where you're going
You will think of me
And know you have been loved
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I see the flame
the way it dances
the way it flickers
the brilliant orange
and white
colors
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4166277

Marcus Benjamin Young
February 14, 1990 – January 4, 2008
Four Seasons of Love
when the snow melts and the flowers bloom
remember I am being reborn too
it's the time for life to start
this is our new path
we are new people
http://allpoetry.com/poem/3779020
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A special thanks to all who take the time to leave a comment and we hope you will also stop by the pages of these wonderful writers.
We'll be adding to this as necessary, and if you know of an allpoetry poet we may have missed, please let us know.




A pleasure to read and a great mark of respect for those who go before us.

this is a great way to show it! 
to all of you and more power to AP!




May they Rest In Peace.
















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