Cup of Worry - Heads and Tails

Cup Of Worry
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Go now
Borrow my buggy
Go by moon or fog
For no crow or rook pry
Go upon your own

Bury my boojum cup
No burrow nor form
No rock nor bog 
Vow young boy
Bury my worry





Contest : H-E-A-D-S OR T-A-I-L-S! 
Position : 1st place
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
January 31, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Congratulations on your super win today in "Nikko's" contest Nick. Love, Carol
Stanley Avatar
January 31, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Nick, congratulations on you super win, Greg
Poet Avatar
January 31, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Congrats on your 1st place win Nick.A challenging job done by you.A cool write.
K. Avatar
January 31, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Hi Nick! Super duper congrats on your 1st place win! This just captivated me, and it had such an air of urgency and foreboding for me-- I loved how you wrote this and so cool with none of those letters! Pls soupmail me your mailing address for your token :D Thanks!
Williams Avatar
January 31, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Nick congrats on your win, liked it first time, well done..David
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
January 31, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Good one like it congratulations Nick x
Dietrich Avatar
January 10, 2012 at 10:50 PM
haha, everyone is doing such stripped down poems for this one. And yet they sound rather cool!!
Andresen Avatar
December 28, 2011 at 8:41 AM
You are a brilliant poet,Nick. OXOX hugs from Anne-Lise HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Williams Avatar
December 18, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Nick well done, at least yours makes far more sense than mine, good luck..David
Breidenthal Avatar
December 17, 2011 at 12:48 AM
Wow. This is astonishingly good! Thanks for sharing! Always, Laura
Macmillan Avatar
December 16, 2011 at 10:33 AM
HOLY SHMOKES! That is some might fine writing, Sir. I smell a first place! Fantastic, haunting and just ... well, just!!!!! Those who know me will laugh. I'm never speechless.
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