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A poem I wrote when I was 5
She probably thought your first language was English; your real first language was Joyce
Once when I got like this I thought I was building a boat
When I woke up this morning, I thought I was a parallelogram. I still have a sneaking suspicion.
What I wrote when I was missing David
The smiles you smiled when you thought no one was looking
The light on the bottom of the pool that you thought was real when you were a child
The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
Dumb laws
When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore
What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?
This is a poem I wrote about nothing in particular
When I was ten years old
When I Was a Boy
The class valedictorian was still tripping balls when he was bailed out in time to give the commencement speech at graduation
The hostages wrote thank you cards to their captors when they got home.
He comforted me when he thought I needed it, but never when I really did
Lord Christ, When First You Came to Earth
You knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up
When I was five years old, I knew I was going to die
When I was young
Climbing cherry trees when I was younger
I Wrote a Poem Daddy
Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
When the best rapper was white, the best golfer was black, and the tallest guy in the NBA was Chinese
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
when life was kind and we were two young wide-eyed believers
It Was a Beautiful Day When Aunt Norma Died
Some time when I was a teenager
Why was my poem nuked?
Adam really was the first man
To a girl who thought she was moving away
more sure of all I thought was true
The teachers thought I was insane
What's the first thing you feel when you shoot an unarmed civilian? Recoil.
When we was fat ( ... or, Lord Gym)
When she was new, she rolled around the sky like a black umbrella blown by the wind
I was throwing around useless proverbs when all she needed was to be held and told that she was beautiful
When I first met you
It was daylight when you looked up from your ditch
When again between cities was comfortable and right
I wonder when I learned to smile when I was being hurt
Cain was the first technologist
I got the feeling the Fairy Council was mad at me when the president knocked over her coffee to get a better grip on my neck
He made me promise I would do this when I was next sad. So I promised myself I would not be sad again.
And When The Sky Was Opened
bringing me back to when less was worth more
I was supposed to be dead when this picture was taken
the cutest baker in the room was making sadfaces at me when i walked out
When I Was A Baby
Some Haikus I Wrote When We Went to the Keys
When our word was iron
when i wake up i can't remember what it was. it's so hard to smuggle something out of a dream.
Oh, when I was in love with you
The first time I knew I was different
A poem for when I loved him
A poem for two pages of panel art for a comic that was never written
I was so cool, that first afternoon
Thought experiment on a boring Tuesday (or, When the world lasted 20 minutes)
Shaymus is older than I thought he was
I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes
what I thought was going to be a turtleneck turned out to be a dickey
I Thought I Was A Child
About gradual producing of the thoughts when talking
She bought a new smile every week when we first started seeing each other. Then I had to buy them.
Back when grunge was still cool
I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy
I remember when it was me who made her skin flush
So I was balls deep in the guy's ass that night when he turns to me and asks for a kiss. Damn. What a fag.
This was when I knew my childhood was over
When I Was One-and-Twenty
When I was your age
When she was bad
When I Was Born for the 7th Time
When I was five
When I was little my mother told me not to sit close to the T.V., so when I was six I did.
When Frederic Was a Little Lad
Back when our blood was still warm
Do you remember how small your body was when you were five?
When daddy was the handsome prince
the first casualty when war comes is the truth
collecting on old debts from when mom was a loan shark
I remember when all this was trees
my first poem
When I Was a Babe
man when you are telling me how it was
relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
The rock under my foot that told me I was real when I was an adult
there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
Remember when the modern prison system was considered progressive?
where was your heart when we needed it most?
When I was 21, he was building a Time Machine
Where was that stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
When the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on re-entry, I felt a deep sorrow that Cowboy Bebop was now implausible
I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long
when Hemingway Wrote
the first thought of Zarathustra
Poetry you found that you wrote when you were ten but secretly still like
When Grandmother was finished with us
There was a time when I got lost wherever I went.
someday, when she will think back upon the time when she was as yet undishonored
But life is hard when the written word is your first language
When first my way to fair I took
When my boat comes in, you will be the first to board
The first time I saw him was I emit tsal ehT
I wrote this poem just to irritate you
Every poem about thunder was written under the protection of a roof, or, at the very least, an empty sky
thoughts on a hat as my grandfather nears death
Was I nearly as anti-consumerism as I had initially thought?
Fast-talking career gal who thought she was one of the boys
My very first mentor was a heroin junkie
No matter where I was, whisps of you haunted my thoughts
I thought ALL women looked for a wedding ring when they talked to ANY man
You thought the silent treatment was as cold as it could get
What if Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?
For 5 minutes precisely, I thought I was dead
I woke up and thought it was Saturday
i saw the ugliest thing in the world and thought it was neat-o
I can't remember why I thought this was a bad idea
When we kiss I can hear your thoughts, so I would rather we didn't
This is no joke; I always thought it was a company that made trench coats.
Good foods to eat when you first get a tongue piercing
I Thought My Father Was God
Thoughts that randomly pop into your mind when masturbating
When they come they'll eat the fat ones first
Buying your first mountain bike
i thought i was special, but it was you
Where were you when Kennedy was shot?
They wrote it all in perl but it was mostly system calls
When that cow would walk it was like she was dancing
I thought that what I was taught was true.
When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One
I remember when it was me who made her toilet flush
There was a time when I was a better person
I didn't know such things when I was young
When I Was a Lad
November 4, 1995
when you asked what I was writing, this is what it was
I don't remember what life was like when I was seven. I like the taste of air. What should I do?
When touch was simple
Oxygen was the world's first pollutant
I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
He had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter
I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
It was late when he came home; it woke you up
When I was Fair and Young
When I was young Time had no wings
The first iron-on transfer I made myself was controversial
It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
Waiting until dusk, when it was safe
I remember when it was me who made you want to take over the world and enslave humanity
Who shouted with glee when the colour blue was born?
When I awoke, I was alone, and screaming
When I Was Cruel
When I was a kid, I wanted to get tuberculosis
She didn't write like Emily Dickinson, but she did live in a house overlooking a cemetery, and I guess he thought that was important.
My first and last attempt at a one night stand was raided by the police
When he was five, his father made him murder his imaginary friend.
When I was very young, I knew that the world was made of honey.
When I was 9
and when you woke up, your goldfish bowl was empty?
I wish when I closed a book I could set it on the shelf and know it was really over
I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
When he was little, he laughed in his sleep.
When Desire Was a Virtue
After all, the Bible says Jesus' first miraculous sign was to make 180 gallons of wine for a party!
First Aid
first at-bat
The first node
J K Rowling never wrote here
The First Man
First edition
The first truth-value logic computer
first exposure
Star Trek: First Contact
First Line, Last Line
Today is the first day of the rest of your life
to a first approximation
The first five minutes after I wake up
Who made the first bread?
First Crusade

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