Findings:
- 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.
- Back when our blood was still warm
- When I was young
- The class valedictorian was still tripping balls when he was bailed out in time to give the commencement speech at graduation
- When I was Fair and Young
- When I was young Time had no wings
- When I was very young, I knew that the world was made of honey.
- when life was kind and we were two young wide-eyed believers
- It Was a Beautiful Day When Aunt Norma Died
- Back when grunge was still cool
- When I woke up this morning, I thought I was a parallelogram. I still have a sneaking suspicion.
- I didn't know such things when I was young
- A Spring, with gentle unfurling and sly days of sunshine
- Once when I got like this I thought I was building a boat
- at least in dreams when shit gets ugly you can still fly and whistle
- we broke it in days, years later still broken
- When he was five, his father made him murder his imaginary friend.
- Who shouted with glee when the colour blue was born?
- The Day the World was about to End
- Several thousand years later and the angel was still as boring as sin
- I was a father for a few days
- Do you remember how small your body was when you were five?
- the cutest baker in the room was making sadfaces at me when i walked out
- When I Was a Babe
- When daddy was the handsome prince
- The bastards hung me in the spring of '25, but I am still alive.
- A Day For A Young Housewife
- The Day Earth Was Born
- he listened so well, he was still curious.
- I remember when it was me who made her toilet flush
- There was a young lady of Riga
- I was burned and bleeding, but the galaxy still spun on
- Stoned music memories
- someday, when she will think back upon the time when she was as yet undishonored
- When Desire Was a Virtue
- It was daylight when you looked up from your ditch
- Where was that stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
- The light on the bottom of the pool that you thought was real when you were a child
- When I Was A Baby
- When I was little my mother told me not to sit close to the T.V., so when I was six I did.
- I met a girl in the garden who was doomed to die the next day.
- Her grief is still too young to behave itself, so she never lets it out
- Poetry you found that you wrote when you were ten but secretly still like
- Music was better in the old days
- Loving someone, knowing down to the day when you will leave them.
- Food was purer in the good old days
- You can still be very hurtful when you do what's right.
- Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows. Young as I was, I understood.
- Where were you when Kennedy was shot?
- It's only love: at the end of the day, there are still thunderstorms and sunsets
- I don't remember what life was like when I was seven. I like the taste of air. What should I do?
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- When Frederic Was a Little Lad
- He made me promise I would do this when I was next sad. So I promised myself I would not be sad again.
- Oh, when I was in love with you
- I was throwing around useless proverbs when all she needed was to be held and told that she was beautiful
- When she was bad
- I remember when all this was trees
- collecting on old debts from when mom was a loan shark
- I am no longer the foolish young man I once was
- What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?
- I was supposed to be dead when this picture was taken
- Remember when the modern prison system was considered progressive?
- there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
- These are the days when birds come back
- Driving my Saturn through Jupiter on a day when the mercury hit 100 degrees
- Upon the hills where day was done
- To this day, I still keep my eyes open
- And in those days was armageddon
- I remember, back in the day, when the Other Users list never exceeded 19
- i just keep waiting for the day when i'll see you again
- There Are Days When I Leave My Life Next to My Black Boots
- The day I was showering with two black men
- And yet, when the warm breeze of spring greets my face and the sunlight does not make me shield my eyes, I know I am not alone.
- When she woke up, her hands were still dreaming
- For a few more precious seconds, the body I was born with was still in one piece
- Long day, all I wanted was a cup of tea
- Some vampires actually get pissed when you tell them to Have A Nice Day
- when still her eyes held water
- Time stands still when you're in the tube
- If it was still then-
- Climbing cherry trees when I was younger
- What I wrote when I was missing David
- When you understand the reasons why, you'll still hate our guts
- when you asked what I was writing, this is what it was
- I wonder when I learned to smile when I was being hurt
- I was a young boy that had big plans
- When we was fat ( ... or, Lord Gym)
- This was when I knew my childhood was over
- I remember when it was me who made her skin flush
- When I was your age
- The monster stares back at me. I'm still young enough to believe that, with the right shoes, I can outrun it.
- And then night was here, after a day of measured breathing, and I could forget about breathing because the waiting was done
- When again between cities was comfortable and right
- When I was five years old, I knew I was going to die
- It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
- When she was new, she rolled around the sky like a black umbrella blown by the wind
- When he was little, he laughed in his sleep.
- I remember when it was me who made you want to take over the world and enslave humanity
- Waiting until dusk, when it was safe
- and when you woke up, your goldfish bowl was empty?
- When the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on re-entry, I felt a deep sorrow that Cowboy Bebop was now implausible
- The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
- I was once young and had a home
- When I awoke, I was alone, and screaming
- When I was ten years old
- When I was 9
- Some time when I was a teenager
- 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
- I wish when I closed a book I could set it on the shelf and know it was really over
- man when you are telling me how it was
- The rock under my foot that told me I was real when I was an adult
- And When The Sky Was Opened
- relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
- 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 I Was Born for the 7th Time
- From Spring Days To Winter (For Music)
- National Young Women's Day of Action
- The other day I saw a gas station called Space Age! I was not fooled!
- The day I found out I was a guy
- With all the advances in technology it still takes 3 days to clear a cheque
- Still the best 15 minutes of your day
- There was a cold day
- I was Christian for a day
- Preaching Christianity to hitch hikers when you don't believe in God on the day of the Devil
- a bad day is when I lie in the bed and think of things that might have been
- When the eye of day is shut
- I was wrong as a child, to think old people were stupid for asking me where the day had gone. Now I understand... we older people do not live.
- You know it is going to be a strange day when you wake up dead
- Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
- every day she stands there, waiting. every day, she's gone when i get there.
- the day when the peasants would eat all the British media
- It was a green field and a pleasant day
- Children who are born blind still smile when they are happy
- The sparkle of this angled blossoming was invading the Earth, and Vug said, "It's spring!" I kissed him.
- The Night is Still Young
- Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
- Eye contact at a distance
- Feeling like you're moving when you're really sitting still
- In any world in which i was your friend for even a day, i am grateful.
- Days when art is too much to bear
- Waking from Drunkenness on a Spring Day
- We met at quarter past young; still, we grew up together
- In the end it did not matter. The ocean was still there.
- When the Monkey Stood Still
- Your smile was embarrassed. Your fingers were dew-covered. I am still smiling.
- remember, when they look right through you, you're still there
- When All Is Revealed It Still Won't Make Sense
- I still tiptoe up the stairs when it's dark
- Why I was convinced I would die young
- A poem I wrote when I was 5
- the fire burned and burned; it was so great and now so much time has passed and the fire is still burning, but it requires attendance
- When Pride Still Mattered
- When that cow would walk it was like she was dancing
- There was a time when I was a better person
- There was a rose that faded young
- The day I realized what being alive was
- You knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up
- November 4, 1995
- When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One
- I once was a clueless young noder
- When I Was a Boy
- 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.
- When I Was a Lad
- When I Was One-and-Twenty
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
- So I was cold chillin on the corner on a hot summer's day
- 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
- When I was five
- Things to do on Valentine's day when you're single
- The smiles you smiled when you thought no one was looking
- When I Was Cruel
- When touch was simple
- It was late when he came home; it woke you up
- When I was a kid, I wanted to get tuberculosis
- When I Heard at the Close of Day
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