Feeling groovy, or: Peer pressure

Posted on by ben Alexander

A Waltmarie

In five American Sentences

The young man climbed up to the roof in the raging storm, feeling
groovy.
Hooting and hollering, his friends cheered him on, as he started 
to dance.
Skipping and jumping along the roof's edge, he kept his balance,
but just.
Sadly, the speed of his wild pirouettes was more than he could
maintain.
In his cocaine-induced ecstasy, he suddenly lost his
balance.

W3 poetry prompt

This poem was written in response to Kunjal’s W3 prompt ~ to write a poem in 16 lines or less that includes the word ‘groovy’.

d’Verse Open Link Night #319

This poem was written for d’Verse OLN #319, as well as for this week’s d’Verse poetics prompt on ‘peer pressure’.

Let’s write poetry together!

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–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

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53 thoughts on “Feeling groovy, or: Peer pressure”

  2. I really like the way you’ve melded two forms into one here (an “American Waltmarie?”). You’ve got such a dynamic touch when it comes to effortlessly creating in various and sundry formats. Good stuff, David. 🙂

    1. ❤ 🙂 Deeksha ❤ 🙂 ~ whether or not he's okay is up to the readers' interpretations! 😀

      BTW, please feel free to call me ‘David’ because that is my first name.

      The word ‘ben’ in Hebrew simply means ‘son of’, and my father’s name was ‘Alexander’… I created this blog in his memory.

      I know it’s confusing because ‘Ben’ is also a name in English – I’m sorry about the confusion!

      Much love,
      David

    1. ❤️ Ingrid ❤️ ~ for this poem, I researched which drugs make people act crazy. Beyond marijuana, I have no personal experience.

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